The Grotesque, the Horrifying, and the Morbid''' With a Message: The Writings of Flannery OConnor Ky

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The Grotesque, the Horrifying, and the Morbid...
With a MessageThe Writings of Flannery
OConnorKylie McDonaldHonors English
1Winter 2006
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Biographical Information

• Born March 25, 1925 in Savannah, GA
• Attempted to punch guardian angel
• Self description
• a pigeon-toed only child with a receding chin
  and a you-leave-me- alone-or-Ill-bite-you
  complex
• Talented chicken
• At 16, father died of lupus
• Milledgeville, GA

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Conclusion

• Bible Belt
• Southern writers are stuck with the
  South, but its a
  very good thing to be stuck with
• Meanings
• Admired as brilliance