¶ … Circle in the Fire," and "Everything that Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor
This is a paper on the analysis of the two books "A Circle in the Fire," and "Everything that Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor, which exposes many similarities between them.
The two stories of Flannery O'Connor are written from a matriarchal perspective and depict the lives of women in control of other's lives or property. They show that no matter how much wealth a person may amass, they are all still prone to suffer. Thus, there is an element of 'twist of fate' in both these pieces of literature. It also shows that as these leading characters are women they should understand the world from their softer perspective because of the fact that there are still others of their type in a worse of position financially, as well as politically. Instead, we see the opposite from this race (women). They should be kinder to each other and appreciate that each of them has a certain amount of freedom and respect that they didn't have before.
The author brings out the bias that is already embedded in each and every one of us. It appears that no matter how far we may come it is very difficult for us to get rid of this injustice that dwells within each and everyone, and is likely to spring out when we least expect it to. These stories tell the reader about the various experiences such women have gone through in their days when they had to be strong. The lower class of women was seen as suffering in two ways. The first was because they were of a lower class, and the second was because they were women (Reynolds, R. 1998) (Brittain, 2001).
Analysis:
"A Circle in the Fire" tells the reader about fear that a woman (Mrs. Copes) feels when she is in charge of a lot of property. She believes that her property is the most beautiful thing that she has, as compared to that of the others living in the same area. Mrs. Cope says, "I have the best kept place in the county and do you know why? Because I work. I've had to work to save this place and work to keep it. . . . I don't let anything get ahead of me and I'm not always looking for trouble. I take it as it comes." This is the ego of women like her who try to show off what they ought to really protect from the attention of observers. In this way they would not take so much interest in the same that might cause them to envy and then destroy the same because of her boasting. It is almost a natural response for the youth to destroy whatever the hardworking, rich and boastful woman had worked for (Reynolds, R. 1998) (Brittain, 2001).
Mrs. Copes' fear of course is the group of boys whom she fears will over run her property and destroy the lovely forest around it. It appears that her boastful attitude leads to her downfall. This is because she keeps telling the three boys that she has the best house in the area and makes much of her property. The same is seen in the incident that takes place on the bus in which Julian's mother objects to a Black American lady wearing the same type of hat that she is. Here the reader can see that it is the ego in her that caused her to have a stroke. The reader can also see that there is a shift of feelings in Julian before and after realizing that his mother gave the little Black boy a penny. Julian is at first angered by the action of his mother. She was enraged over the fact that the Black woman was wearing the same type of hat that she was, and then tried to belittle her by giving the little boy some money. In a moments time Julian...
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