On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, with "Revelation."
Topics include:
- Whether this is a good story to use to introduce stuents to O'Connor
- The racism of characters in the story
- Mrs. Turpin's gradual openness
- Mrs. Turpin's Christ-haunted-ness
- Seeing ourselves in Mrs. Turpin
- Judging Mrs. Turpin
- Mrs. Turpin's avenging angel of judgment
- Mrs. Turpin's mystical vision
This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media,) purveyors of the Old Western Culture series), featuring Wes Callihan.
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