Monday, March 25, 2019
Mrs. Turpin in Flannery Oââ¬â¢Connorââ¬â¢s Revelation Essay -- Oââ¬â¢Connorââ¬â¢s shor
Mrs. Turpin in Flannery OConnors short novel Revelation, is a prejudice and judgmental woman who spends most of her life open in the lives of everyone around her. She looks at people non for who they are, but for their prevail or social standing. In fact, Mrs. Turpin is concerned with hie and status so much that it seems to take over her life. Although she seems to disapprove of people of different race or social class, Mrs. Turpin seems to be content and appreciative with her own life. It is not until Mrs. Turpins Revelation that she discovers that her ways of life are no damp then those she looks down upon and they will not assure her a keister in Heaven.Mrs. Turpin shows prejudice in several different aspects of her life. Her prejudice is starting line seen when she is in the doctors waiting room. The story states that her little disconsolate eyes took in all the patients as she sized up the pose situation. (339) While in the waiting room, Mrs. Turpin is surrounded by p eople of legion(predicate) different cultural and social backgrounds. As she gazes around the room Mrs. Turpin instanter begins putting the people into categories. Some she called white trash, others were wealthy and pleasant, and the ease such as Mary Grace, were ugly. Most of Mrs. Turpins free judgment of conviction is also filled with prejudice thoughts. The story states that Mrs. Turpin occupied herself at iniquity naming the classes of people.(341) She spends so much of her life judging others lives that she does...
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