Revelation (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Flannery O’Connor
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1950's
- Setting: Georgia
- Principal Characters: Mrs. Ruby Turpin, Claud Turpin, Mary Grace
- Genres: Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Values
- Locales: Georgia
The Story
While Mrs. Turpin and her husband Claud are waiting in the doctor's office for treatment of Claud's bruised leg, Mrs. Turpin strikes up a conversation with some of the other patients but becomes annoyed with a Wellesley student, whom she thinks is fat and ugly and who scowls at her. Mrs. Turpin notices that the girl, Mary Grace, seems to be staring at her malevolently, and when she tries to engage the girl in conversation, she is snubbed. As she sizes up the people in the doctor's office, Mrs. Turpin classifies them, as is her wont. She thinks that Mary Grace's mother...
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