Parker’s Back (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Flannery O’Connor
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: 1964
- Setting: Georgia
- Principal Characters: Obadiah Elihue Parker, Sarah Ruth Cates
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Religion, Prophecy or prophets
- Locales: Georgia
The Story
O. E. Parker, a profane and shiftless man, has married Sarah Ruth Cates, a plain-looking, self-righteous woman who was “forever sniffing up sin.” Parker is unable to understand this marriage—why she stays with him, or he with her.
He had met Sarah Ruth one day when his truck broke down before her house. Sensing that the woman was watching him, Parker pretended to mash his hand in the machinery, swearing profusely. Without warning, Sarah Ruth appeared, striking him for talking filth. However, Parker noticed, beneath her severe countenance, that she had a...
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