The Displaced Person

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The Displaced Person (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)

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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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