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Everything That Rises Must Converge is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during her final illness. The title of the collection and of the short story of the same name is taken from a passage from the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.[1][2] The collection was published posthumously in 1965. It includes an introduction by Sally Fitzgerald, and nine stories.
[edit] Stories
- "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
- "Greenleaf"
- "A View of the Woods"
- "The Enduring Chill"
- "The Comforts of Home"
- "The Lame Shall Enter First"
- "Revelation"
- "Parker's Back"
- "Judgment Day"
[edit] Summary
In the story after which the work is titled, human weaknesses are exposed and important moral questions are explored through everyday situations. Critics[who?] view the story as a prime example of O'Connor's literary skills[neutrality disputed] and moral views.[citation needed] In the story, an arrogant young man takes a fateful bus trip with his bigoted mother. The mother doesn’t like to ride the recently racially integrated bus alone. Their relationship shows tensions when a black mother and son enters the bus. Through irony, the blindness and ignorance of the characters are exposed. The title Everything That Rises Must Converge refers to an underlying religious message central to her work: aiming to expose the sinful nature of humanity that often goes unrecognized in the modern, secular world.[3]
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