1. Flannery O'Connor and Southern Racism
We went to go watch Alabama play LSU in football. The day after the game we went squirrel hunting and we had stopped at a gas station along the way. ... We really start to understand how racist Old Dudley is when the black neighbor moves in next door to him. ... "Judgment Day" being her last story as O'Connor died in 1964 and "Judgment Day" was published in 1965, it shows how her writing has evolved through her life and post World War II. ... In 1964, the year O'Connor died, a riot broke out in Columbia, TN. ...
- Word Count: 2519
- Approx Pages: 10
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School