There are differences also. While Julian's mother knows her true feelings and is totally fine with them, Mrs. Trupin does not see herself as racist. At the beginning of her story Mrs. Trupin actually believes that she would rather be a Negro than white trash, but in the end she reveals to herself that she has believed Negroes to be inferior. Another difference is between how they are forced t

Flannery also tries to portray a message to the reader of self-realization. Flannery tells the reader that everyone must face up to their opinions and their hatreds, but Flannery is also asking: "Do you want to come to terms with your opinions and hatreds yourself, or have them thrown in your face by someone else for judgment?"

Even though the settings and characters are different, the obstacle they must overcome is the same in all three stories. Flannery made a wise choice to write all three of these stories, because, at least in this narrators humble opinion, it tells the reader that many people must make the same choices. The same people also have to live with those choices, no matter what time it is or where they are.

o deal with their bigotry. While Julian's mother and Mrs. Trupin come to terms voluntarily, the grandmother has to be held at gunpoint to deal with her racism. At first the only reaso

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