There are many commonalties between the protagonists in the stories by Flannery O'Connor. First physically, they are all elderly women. All three are mothers of boys. Another likeness is the women and their sheer physical presence. "In Everything Rises Must Converge" Julian's mother walks on the bus and immediately begins to con

One final link between the women is that all are eventually attacked. The black lady punches out Julian's mother because she offered money to the little black boy. Soon after she has a stroke and dies. The Misfit eventually murders the grandmother, along with the rest of her family. Finally Mary Grace attacks Mrs. Turpin. The only difference with Mrs. Turpin is that she realizes her prejudice through a vision in the end. The others aren't given the opportunity to do so.

Through the use of dialog these three women also control the man in each of their stories. Julian's mother tries to control her son's life. Her son still lives at home and put him through school. Mrs. Turpin's husband is held silent for just about the entire story.

trol the conversation. People seem to feed off her commentaries. These commentari

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