“Reflection of Flannery O’Connor’s Works”

Flanner O’Connor was a famous Southern writer who lived from 1925-1964. O’Connor was also a devout Catholic. She used these aspects of her being in her works. Her Southern roots had influence in a lot of her works. Not only are most of her characters portrayed to have a Southern accent, but the settings of most of her stories are based in the South. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the grandmother is thought of by some people to be evil. Other people, particularly the Southerners, believe that the grandmother just cannot comprehend the modern world, but has good intentions.
O’Connor’s Catholicism also plays a part in her writing. Many of her stories have some kind of religious background. In “Parker’s Back,” the wife is very religious. In an attempt to finally please her, Parker gets a tattoo of “Christ” on his back. Many critics also argue that her works are a reflection of how the South was slowly losing its religious reputation back then and turning into a violent South.