Everything That Rises Must Converge

What is the purpose of a title in a story? More often than not a title will directly relate to the story in some way or another. In most cases a title is a form of telling the reader what to expect from the story before even reading it. For example in the story the title can be used to infer what the overall setup of the story may be. In this case the title does relate to the story very much. In order to understand the relation between the title and the story it would be best to break down the title first. Then explain how the relation of the story to the title is based mostly on the overall plot of the story and how it is setup. The title of the story,once actually thought about, makes complete sense. Once minimal thought is put into it, it is

But what makes this story unique is that there is no true falling action or conclusion, matter of fact the story end rather abruptly. In Everything That Rises Must Converge the rising action is based on the tension that is building between julian and his mother. As the tension builds up the closer to a the conflict the story gets. In order to understand the story's relation to its title a short background of the characters is required. Julian is a college graduate living with his mother because he lacks a job, he is very estranged from his mother for various reason. Julian does not agree with his mother's beliefs and values. He believes himself to be far better than her in almost every way possible, Julian is a very narcissistic man. While he believes this it is not necessarily true. Even though Julian is more open minded than his mother there is still prejudice in him. For example Julian would only attempt to socialize with black individuals that he deemed intelligent enough, not the ‘ghetto’ ones or the ‘dumb’ ones. Julian's mother is an old women over the age of fifty who is out of shape so she is