The Displaced Person (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Flannery O’Connor
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: After World War II
- Setting: The rural southern United States
- Principal Characters: Mrs. McIntyre, Mr. and Mrs. Shortley, Mr. Guizac, Father Flynn
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Prejudices or antipathies, World War II, Alienation, Immigration or emigration, Farms, farmers, or farming, Death or dying, Work or workers, Stereotypes, Technology
- Locales: South (U.S.)
The Story
The title of this story suggests that it is about one displaced person. In fact, the tale is about several people who are displaced. In one character's words, “Displaced Persons . . . means they ain’t where they were born at and there's nowhere for them to go—like if you was run out of here and wouldn’t nobody have you.” To explore this idea of displacement, Flannery O’Connor divides her story into three parts, emphasizing Mrs. Shortley, then Mrs. McIntyre, and finally the displaced person, or D.P., who connects all the other D.P.'s, Mr. Guizac.
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