Flannery O'Connor – The Life You Save May Be Your Own
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who wrote The Life You Save May Be Your Own?
Flannery O’Connor
Genre of The Life You Save May Be Your Own?
Fiction
Form of The Life You Save May Be Your Own?
Short story
Year The Life You Save May Be Your Own was published?
1955
Place The Life You Save May Be Your Own was published?
San Diego, California, U.S.
How does O’Connor write this short story?
characterization, imagery, grotesque
what is characterization? (The Life You Save May Be Your Own?)
describe and develop characters in a story.
what is imagery? (The Life You Save May Be Your Own?)
descriptive language invoking “images” based on 5 senses; smell, taste, touch, sight, sound.
-color
what is grotesque? (The Life You Save May Be Your Own?)
use bodily imperfections to induce sympathy and disgust.
-shock us from moral laziness.
-portray realism via flawed characters- complexities of life.
Why does O’Connor write this short story “decaying south”? (1)
express Catholics beliefs via “Grace”/moral duty of Christians.
critical of southern protestants focused only on “faith” and doing business with divinity.
Why does O’Connor write this short story “decaying south”? (2)
lack of proper education for women
women taught to tame their bodies & mind
women supporting “Lost Cause” under “United Daughters of the Confederate” (U.D.C.)
Why does O’Connor write this short story “decaying south”? (3)
Expose societal bias against disability
Eugenics Movement (1950s-70s)= “physical fitness” related to “moral competence” & “intelligence”
Who are the MC’s in The Life You Save May Be Your Own?
-mr. tom t. shiftlet
-mrs. lucycell crater
-miss lucycell crater
black (shiftlet)
viewed as a symbol of physical death
brown (shiftlet)
associated with spiritual death
gray (mrs)
emotionless, old-age, double edged
blue (miss)
spiritual, traditional color for virgin mary
pink-gold (miss)
emblematic of divine residing in the flesh.
yellow (car)
betrayal
white (miss)
innocence and purity
red (miss)
love
green (car)
charity and regrowth