Flannery O’ Connor (1925-1964) was an American author, best known for her two books and thirty-two novels. Her stories are often written in a gothic style. One of her novels that I will immerse myself in, is called Everything That Rises Must Converge published 1961. It is about a mother that does not feel well, and therefore decides to visit her doctor. After obeserving her, the doctor informs her that she must lose at least twenty pounds, due to her high blood pressure. In this book, we follow her and her sons, journey to a healthier lifestyle. The reducting class was designed for working girls over fifty, who weighted at least 165 to 200 pounds. Every time they were on their way to go to that class, she had to start a conversation that irritated her son. One of the conversation topics were, when she was standing in front of the hall mirror, almost ready to go, she was putting her new hat on her head, when she felt unsure if it fitted her. Her son was in a hurry but she did not mind unless he was confirming that it was a beautiful hat. She used a special technique to make him look at her and give her comments whether to wear it or not. ”Maybe I shouldn’t have paid that for it, No I shouldn’t have. I’ll take it off and return it tomorrow. I shouldn’t have bought it” (Flannery O’ Connor 448), she complained making him feeling obliged to answer. In this essay, I will show that the conflict between mother and son, is due to different