Free Essays on Revelation by Flannery OConnor

When I finished reading â€Å"Revelation† by Flannery O’Connor I began to realize the importance of the title. The definition of a revelation is to uncover, unveil, or to discover and that is exactly what took place in this specific short story. A revelation is not merely a word a character continuously says but a life lesson that is taught to a character. It was the main character, Mrs. Turpin, who was taught in such a bizarre way what a cruel person she is that it initially shocked me. However, as a reader I found the literary element of foreshadowing used when Mrs. Turpin replies, â€Å"I thank the Lord he has blessed me with a good one(disposition). The day has never dawned that I couldn’t find something to laugh at.†(O’Connor Page 315) When Mrs. Turpin and her husband, Claud, had to remain in the waiting room the very first thing that Mrs. Turpin did was question the doctor for charging five dollars a patient and not having a â€Å"decent size waiting room.† The next thing she did was harshly judge the other patients including an older lady, a â€Å"white-trash woman† and a cruel depiction of an eighteen year old girl, Mary Grace. The narrator says, â€Å"The poor girl’s face was blue with acne and Mrs. Turpin thought how pitiful it was to have a face like that at that age.† Mrs. Turpin does rude things such as occupy herself at night by naming the classes of people and question who she would be if she couldn’t be herself, having to choose from a poor white citizen or an African American. Mrs. Turpin doesn’t understand that she isn’t the only person who can judge until she notices Mary Grace trying to single her out by starring at her and rolling her eyes. Mrs. Turpin is astonished and says, â€Å"It was the ugliest face she had ever seen anyone make and for a moment she was certain that the girl had made it at her.† Shortly after Mary Grace threw the text book she was reading about Human Develop... Free Essays on Revelation by Flannery O'Connor Free Essays on Revelation by Flannery O'Connor When I finished reading â€Å"Revelation† by Flannery O’Connor I began to realize the importance of the title. The definition of a revelation is to uncover, unveil, or to discover and that is exactly what took place in this specific short story. A revelation is not merely a word a character continuously says but a life lesson that is taught to a character. It was the main character, Mrs. Turpin, who was taught in such a bizarre way what a cruel person she is that it initially shocked me. However, as a reader I found the literary element of foreshadowing used when Mrs. Turpin replies, â€Å"I thank the Lord he has blessed me with a good one(disposition). The day has never dawned that I couldn’t find something to laugh at.†(O’Connor Page 315) When Mrs. Turpin and her husband, Claud, had to remain in the waiting room the very first thing that Mrs. Turpin did was question the doctor for charging five dollars a patient and not having a â€Å"decent size waiting room.† The next thing she did was harshly judge the other patients including an older lady, a â€Å"white-trash woman† and a cruel depiction of an eighteen year old girl, Mary Grace. The narrator says, â€Å"The poor girl’s face was blue with acne and Mrs. Turpin thought how pitiful it was to have a face like that at that age.† Mrs. Turpin does rude things such as occupy herself at night by naming the classes of people and question who she would be if she couldn’t be herself, having to choose from a poor white citizen or an African American. Mrs. Turpin doesn’t understand that she isn’t the only person who can judge until she notices Mary Grace trying to single her out by starring at her and rolling her eyes. Mrs. Turpin is astonished and says, â€Å"It was the ugliest face she had ever seen anyone make and for a moment she was certain that the girl had made it at her.† Shortly after Mary Grace threw the text book she was reading about Human Develop...