Wise Blood

Wise Blood

Introduction

Religion , spirituality redemption are aspects of religious literary works . Flannery O ' Connor , the writer , grew up as a devout Catholic . Her literary works reflect her spiritual beliefs . The use of animal imagery in shaping the characters of the story portrays the satirical humor represented throughout the novel . The deformed characters in this work are the subjects to animal imagery . Wise Blood is the first novel by the Georgian writer , published in 1952 . Set in the post world war period the Southern genre of religion is poignantly depicted in

this historical literary work , written in religious context

The plot

The plot unfolds with the return of Hazel Motes from the war after several years . He comes back to a world , where his family home is in ruins and most of the members missing or dead . On a journey of self discovery , he moves to Taulkinham city and starts preaching in the Church Without Christ ' which he establishes . He professed for faith in one 's own self rather than on God ' through his church . While serving his term in the United States Army , Hazel realized that dispensing with the soul is the way to escaping sin . Motes ' journey of denouncing religious faith starts with the establishment of the church

Enoch Emery , Asa Hawks and Sabbath Lily Hawks are three other prime characters that play an important part in the story . Asa Hawks is a blind preacher , served by Emery . Sabbath Lily is the illegitimate daughter of Hawks . Asa Hawks...