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Everything That Rises Must Converge

In Everything That Rises Must Converge Flannery O 'Connor penned a short story with eloquence , a moral lesson and her Southern Catholic upbringing in full evidence . The story revolves around Julian and his mother , who is overweight , prejudiced and an embarrassment to the young man who finished college yet must rely on his mother 's support for lack of a job . While his mother unfairly judges others by the color of their skin , Julian also does his share of judging

shown by the denigrating attitude he adopts when dealing with her

A thinly veiled reference to theology in the title refers to the ability of a person to overcome mortal and immaterial concerns which will allow him to rise above these petty matters and converge in an ideal place - heaven . Tying this message in with the moral of the story occurs through the use of irony and action as O 'Connor shows the reader the various faces of judgment and how those who are most judgmental often turn out to be those who most vehemently oppose the idea of intolerance in others . The theme of the story revolves around racism , superiority judgment and intolerance

Told in third voice omniscient voice , the exposition and background of the main characters starts immediately in the beginning paragraphs and then moves on to the action with the scenes on the bus . Through indirect characterization shown with the use of action sequences and dialogue and interspersed with a good deal of irony , the reader becomes intimate with Julian and his mother and their respective points of view

Julian is found to be a quite cynical son who sees himself as suffering through the eccentricities of his mother : On the way to the bus stop He walked along , saturated in depression , as if in the midst of his martyrdom he had lost his faith (page . He does not want to hear his mother talk of her grandiose family history nor the great mansion that was once worked by slaves - yet , he dreams of what it would be like to live there . Perhaps due to his education , he fancies himself above the racism so apparent in Mrs . Chestny and uses every opportunity to attempt to show his mother the error of her ways . When a Black man boards the bus , Julian fervently wishes that he will sit next to his mother so that she will agonize over the fact . Instead , he takes the seat next to the Black passenger and asks for a light to strike up conversation , even though he does not smoke and cannot do so on the bus . Ironically Julian 's attempt to teach his mother a lesson of tolerance instead leaves him looking the fool . Even so , He imagined his mother lying desperately ill and his being able to secure only a Negro doctor for her (page

Julian 's mother is obviously a woman of the old South with the same set of values...