The short story “Revelation” by Flannery O’Connor conveys the story of two random groups of people in a doctor’s waiting room. The main character‚ Mrs. Turpin‚ is a very religious and self-opinionated woman who passes judgment upon African-Americans‚ poor people‚ and other people of her community she believes are beneath her‚ economically and morally. The theme of the story is “do not judge a book by its cover.” The appearance of a person does not always depict the person inside. What a person looks
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inferior‚ it offered O’Connor the exact descriptions she wanted for the characters in this story. The main character in this story‚ Mrs. Turpin‚ is extremely prejudice and uses many terms of racial terminology. All of the characters in this story are well-known by their physical looks‚ and some are well-known by the racial terms used in the story. Mrs. Turpin said that the higher class women were “well-dressed and pleasant.” Another time she refers to a poor woman as “white trashy” and a teenage
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Turpin from “Revelation” and Mrs. May from “Greenleaf” are very alike in that they both lack support due to their dysfunctional families. Mrs. Turpin is married to Claud who is very quiet and subservient. This is apparent when Mrs. Turpin demands‚ “Claud‚ you sit in that chair there” and she shoves him into the vacant seat (O’Connor “Revelation” 1). It states that Claud
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O’Connor introduces us to Mrs. Turpin‚ a Christian woman who appears oblivious to the way she treats people. O’Connor highlights Mrs. Turpin’s hypocrisy by showing the incommensurable ways that Mrs. Turpin goes against the Bible when it comes to love and compassion. However‚ Mrs. Turpin isn’t the only character that exhibits ignorance in this short story. Mary Grace‚ the help‚ and even Clyde display ignorant behavior whenever it comes to responding the Mrs. Turpin. Although the story centers around
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In the short stories “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Revelation” by Flannery O’ Connor the alienated antagonist are both the keys to the enlightenment of the protagonists Grandma and Mrs.Turpin. They are both egocentric‚ judgmental and believe they are holier than thou. They are thus confronted by those for whom they alienated The Misfit and Mary Grace. Those they assumed to be inferior now shine light on there clouded minds. In the beginning of the story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” The Misfit
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Mrs. Turpin as if she had some very special reason for disliking her” (O’Connor 455). Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation” presents a self-absorbed woman’s view of the world around her with her own strategies of determining social categories with the aid of a grand deception. Mrs. Turpin and her husband‚ Claud visit the waiting room of a doctor’s office in hopes of treating Claud’s leg‚ in which this is the majority of the setting. Evidently‚ this is also the place where Mrs. Turpin reveals
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writing of this short story. Mrs. Turpin (main protagonist) who is a 47-year-old big size woman that weigh one hundred and eighty‚ own a yellow farm house‚ land‚ have hogs and consider herself to be a respectable‚ hard-working church-going Christian. Mrs. Turpin and husband Claud arrives at the doctor’s office. The waiting room was almost full‚ she begins to look for a seat. She suspects Claud has an ulcer on his leg from a cow kick. While waiting for a seat‚ Mrs. Turpin starts to criticize other woman
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her characters to suffer‚ go through the pain and violent to reach grace. In Revelation we have met with a main character Mrs. Turpin who is very faithful to the Christ not to a God. Here Flannery O’Connor reminds about herself in this character. Because she believed in Incarnation doctrine which Church taught that God become a human and converts to a Jesus. Mrs. Turpin always talking with Jesus asking questions‚ arguing with him about problems that has appeared in her life. The main character in
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them these things‚ nor did they really care. These moments in her life are her epiphanic realizations‚ and she comes to a conclusion that “we are‚ all of us‚ alone.” In the short story‚ “Revelation” by Flannery O’ Connor‚ the protagonist‚ Mrs. Turpin‚ is a southern‚ Christian woman who believes that‚ since her and her husband are home
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even identified with racial terms. The main character in the story is actually prejudiced and makes many statements using racial jargon. For example‚ Mrs. Turpin‚ the main character‚ refers to the higher class woman as "well-dressed and pleasant". She also labels the teenage girl as "ugly" and the poor woman as "white-trashy". When Mrs. Turpin converse with her black workers‚ she often uses the word "nigger" in her thoughts. These characteristics she gives her characters definitely reveals the
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