FLANNERY O'CONNOR

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• Post World War II
• Female Stereotypes
• Misfit Origins
• Reader Interpretations

STYLE OF WRITING

• Christianity
• The South
• Moods - Humor & Gore
• Narrators - Good & Bad
• Middle-class

RELATION TO AUTHOR

• Christian
• Southern Middle-class
• Age
• Experiences

PLOT OF STORY

• Argument
• Diner
• Detour
• Deaths

DEVICES OF WRITING

• Irony
• Symbolism
• Characters
• Conflict