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Everything that Rises Must Converge
Everything That Rises Must Converge is a title O'Connor borrowed from the French paleantologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. After reviewing his book The Phenomenon of Man, O'Connor was especially fascinated with his scientific explanation of the Omega Point-a continual ascent towards a greate ....
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.... of cliches, Julian's mother is all too eager to please her son and obviously lives through him. This makes Julian's harsh view of his mother even more irritating to the reader.
The theme of Old South vs. New South fuels the conflict between Julian and his mother. Ms. Chestny has been raised all her life too behave in the gentile southern manner. She was once the grandaughter of the governor so position and wealth rank high in importance. She dismisses the plight of blacks with the stereotypical southern response, "They should rise, yes, but on the own side of their fence" (O'Connor ....
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