A Letter To Alfred Corn Analysis

Growing in faith and being in an environment where the community practices faith can put someone in a temporary bubble unaware of the devastations that can occur. By continuing to indulge in faith with community, traditions can be preserved and carried on to future generations. When there is a combination of faith and worldview ideas, conflict easily arise causing disputes among all people. A Letter to Alfred Corn, by Flannery O’Connor, discusses why there should be an importance for schools to know what faith is and encourage the perseverance of it instead of letting social and cultural influences ruin it.

In, A Letter to Alfred Corn, Flannery O’Connor describes what faith is. Flannery O’Connor refers to faith as a person who believes in a

Not only is faith discussed, but students are exposed to worldview ideas that contradict with the ideas of faith. Brendan Hyde points out that spirituality can be contrasted in ways such as “…awareness and sensitivity, while at the other end it would encompass mystical experience” (Hyde). Faith surrounds the student with the care to safely explore ideas, yet part of it leaves an opening for questioning and temptation into the unknown. Flannery O’Connor believes that faith is a gift that requires time and dedication (O’Connor). Faith is something to be cherished and maintained, that is why it important to take time to understand. People do not have faith if they do not fully understand and are active in its teachings. The reason why faith-based schools have been known to have strict disciples is to help prevent students from straying away from their faith (Meredith). Safe guards are put forth in order to ensure the students are strengthening their stance on their faith against the worldview ideas that contradict with their morals. With strict teachings, it holds the students accountable to maintaining their faith. Flannery O’Connor recognizes the need to work for faith while attending any school because of how easily it can be forgotten (O’Connor). Schools can combine the worldview ideas along with the personal characteristics reflected on the students to better the teachings (Hyde). Building the

Faith-based schools have been known to not only have high standards in academics and social status, but to be well diverse (Meredith). Diversity is a key aspect to schools, bringing in different types of traditions and religious views. If there are more diverse students, there are more ideas circulating around the students. Students encounter other people with different backgrounds, which raises questions about their own knowledge on their faith (O’Connor). Meeting others’ with knowledge on different types of culture and religions causing doubt and insecurities on where they stand in their own faith. O’Connor goes on to discuss that many times faith criticism comes from people who have not taken time to understand others religious backgrounds and interpret things wrong (O’Connor). People can be narrowed minded when they have cultural blocks that have been set up for them to protect them from other religions and cultures. By giving students the opportunity to engage in creative thought to discuss how to interact with students of different backgrounds, students can learn to be more considerate. Not only respectful, but it also gives those who are weak on their stance to gain more