Everything That Rises Must Converge | Topics for Further Study

Do you think that O’Connor is too unsympathetic to her characters? Do they seem to you like grotesque distortions of humanity or more like regular people you’ve met? Support your opinion with specific passages from the text.

Many critics view O’Connor’s use of irony as integral to her moral outlook. Discuss her use of irony in relation to one of the moral questions raised in the story.

O’Connor wrote from a Roman Catholic perspective. Do you think that one needs to be Catholic to fully understand ‘‘Everything That Rises Must Converge’’? How do you think...

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