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Underlying Messages in Everything That Rises essential Converge and full(a) Country People Flannery OConnors Everything That Rises Must Converge and nice Country People convey extremely complex story lines. What makes these stories so involved is how the characters relate to others. Discovering who the characters in the stories are and what they represent becomes the readers purpose and goal. In order to truly understand her stories the reader must look deeper than the surface. The vestigial messages must be searched for as a person looking for surreptitious treasure. In the first story the character Julian is the key to unlocking the importee behind the story. Julian has gone to college and has developed his mind. Because of this he views himself as topnotch to those around him, especially his father. The mother, although given to prejudices, has a kind heart. This seems to be the primary(prenominal) difference between these two characters. Julian puts mo re stock in how educated a person is and the importance of having a well-developed mind. He sees his mother as lost in the past. He says to her, You havent the foggiest idea where you stand instanter or who you are (1081). Her sky-blue eyes are described as innocent and untouched by experience as they must have been when she was ten (1080). Although Julians mother is proud of his statement, she knows a heart full of slam is more important than a head full of empty knowledge. He believes that it is foolish to let feelings get in the way of facts. He believes that he is unafraid to face facts (1085). Is he really though? He has cartroad himself emotionally free from his mother and from society in general save is he completely objective? According to Way... ...hey had been educated, they saw the rest of the knowledge domain as inferior. In reality they were blind to the real world. Their education solitary(prenominal) made it harder for them to see what was going on around them. In twain cases it took something drastic and terrible in order for them to break out of the fetters of education that were holding them captive. Works Cited Booth, Wayne C. A Rhetorical Reading of OConnors Everything That Rises Must Converge. The humbug and Its Writer. 5th ed. Ed. Ann Charters. Boston Bedford/St. Martins, 1999. 1634-37. OConnor, Flannery. Everything That Rises Must Converge. The Story and Its Writer. 5th ed. Ed. Ann Charters. Boston Bedford/St Martins, 1999. 1080-91. ---. Good Country People. The Story and Its Writer. 5th ed. Ed. Ann Charters. Boston Bedford/St. Martins, 1999. 1091-1105.