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Summary Of Revelation By Flannery O Connor

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In Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation,” she creates a judgmental and prejudice character by the name of Ruby Turpin to exemplify her overall theme of the story. Mrs. Turpin is an overweight white women who is extremely thankful for who she is and has, but most of all that she is not a “nigger” or “white-trash.” In her mind she believes there are different levels in an individual's self worth, at the top being white home and land owners, and at the bottom being blacks while white-trash is on another spectrum. Although she is clearly racist and judgmental, she still appreciates all races but believes strongly in the value of disposition. Furthermore, Mrs. Turpin fully believes that she was blessed with her disposition, while blacks may …show more content…

Turpin comes across Mary Grace, who reveals a horrifying reality that dwendles on Ruby for the remainder of the story that causes her to come to the realization that everyone is created and seen as equal before God. Flannery O’Connor utilizes rhetoric in order to develop her intended theme of “Revelation,” which is that before God, everyone is exempt from their socio and economic status and solely judged as equal. O'Connor is able to appeal to readers ethical and credibility appeals considering that she is notorious in the united states for her fiction writing, and considered as one of the best, along as being a strong apologist for Roman Catholicism which are both consistent with her grammar and syntax. Also, she utilizes logos in a peculiar way in that leads readers to understand the story from multiple views. Lastly, O’Connor incorporates a heavy amount of pathos that really affects readers …show more content…

Flannery O’Connor’s credibility is established as she is considered one of America's greatest fiction writers, and has written numerous stories that all have some sort of connection to her own life. This this particular case, this holds true considering the main theme revolves around God’s nature and judgment and O’Connor was a strong figure of the Roman Catholic church. Furthermore, she is known as one of the top apologists for Roman Catholicism. O’Connor’s character leds to the next aspect of ethos which was her grammar and syntax. For example, she uses informal language such as “I thank Gawd,” and “I ain’t a lunatic,” for diction from multiple characters that eases the feel for the overall story which earns reader’s trust. In doing this also exemplifies the characters as more life-like, which is also backed up by O'Connors background experience growing up in the South. With all these aspects contributing towards an appeal to readers’ ethics, O’Connor is able to earn the trust from the audience to consider this piece of writing along with it’s implied

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