The Theme of Violence and Religion

I believe it's significant to correct a widespread misperception that's been cropping up in the reconsiders here. I can realize how somebody might arrive to the deduction that The Violent Bear it away is an exposure of, or an strike on, religious fanaticism, but I can state with nearly unconditional certainty that this was not the author's intention. Flannery O'Connor was a devout Roman Catholic, and almost all of her tales (check out particularly A Good Man is Hard to Find) convey a very farthest and uncompromising religious message. Everything attached with her - the ...