What Is The Difference Between The Enduring Fill And Parker's Back

Flannery O´Connor ends both of her stories “The Enduring Chill” and “Parker´s Back” with an emotional final, that indicates a change in the protagonist’s life. A deeper analysis may show that the final moment of both could be considerate a kind of baptism (marking the beginning of a new life) for the protagonist. In the story of “The Enduring Chill,” the protagonist shows many times an atheist point of view, showing more interest in worldly things like the arts. Then, in his “deathbed,” he says he wants to talk to a priest that results being the father Finn. This is the turning point of the story, when the father Finn makes Asbury realize about his sin. In the last part, the holy spirit (represented by the image of a ferocious bird with open wings in his ceiling) descends upon Asbury, marking the beginning of his new life. Analogues to “Parker´s back story,” Parker lives a life far away from God, showing more interest in worldly things like the tattoos. Then, order to catch the attention of her wife Sarah Ruth, he tattoos himself an image of God. The imagen of the tattoo (The
Sykes analyzes two stories in which the artists ( the protagonists) were unsuccessful, because “For neither writer was the role of artist a major preoccupation,” rather both characters took as an ultimate goal personal aspects. According to Sykes, in order to achieve the goal of the arts, the artist should divide the arts of the other aspects to “honor the autonomy of the arts and win through to the goal of beauty that is the art´s telos.” (Sykes) This way, the arts can be corrupted by external purposes, that instead of expanding the beauty of the arts, disrupt the discipline itself. However, this concept can be applied beyond the arts realm, the lack of concentration of the ultimate goal can disturb a certain