Summary Of The Life You Save May Be Your Own By Flannery O Connor

The story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” is written by an American writer and essayist called Flannery O’Connor, who is an important figure for the American literature. The origin of the author is from the southern part of America and most of the time she uses the Southern Gothic style. Very often she relies on the grotesque characters, just like Mr. Shiftlet in this story. The author describes the protagonist as a humorous character, despite his tries to look as a smart guy, his southern accent and the things he says make no sense; qualities that turn him into the humorous character he is.

others. Toni Morrison uses a metaphor depicting the blind woman as a practiced writer and the bird as language. Although language is work made by the practiced writer, it never will truly belong to the writer and ultimately is in the hands of others. As a reader of literature, the individual is inherently an interpreter and the final judge of language, despite what the writer originally intended. Once an author creates a work, she becomes the old woman in the story. The author will always have the wisdom and experience from the writing, but become, in a way, blind and powerless

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Shiftlet, Mrs. Crater and her daughter, Lucynell. This relationship was centered on deception, hypocrites and corruption. It all started after Mrs. Crater invited Mr. Shiftlet into her home to work as a handyman. While in her presence, he talked about religion and things relating to God and performed as if he was an angel. While being in the home, Mr. Shiftlet noticed a car Mrs. Crater had.

few more times throughout the story. Later, Mr. Shiftlet, the man who appears at an old woman and her daughter’s house, agrees to stay and make repairs around the place, in exchange for a place to sleep and food and teaches her deaf and mute thirty-two year old daughter how to say “bird” (1084). Throughout her life, Lucynell, the daughter, has never spoken a word, and now Mr. Shiftlet has taught her to speak. It’s ironic how a personal icon of Flannery O’Connor’s is a bird and the way she brings her life into her works. Her favorite animal is a bird, especially peacocks since she grew up raising them on her family’s farm. Since O’Connor is so passionate about birds, she finds a way to incorporate them into her writings.

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