Wise Blood | Social Concerns/Characters

In that Hazell Motes, the protagonist, is a product of a modern irreligious society, he reflects modern contemporary attitudes toward Christianity in particular. He is fated to be a preacher, if not a prophet, but he rejects this image of himself, and with it the Church of Christ, to a degree that is so obsessive that the fated role dominates him as much as if he had accepted it calmly. He differs from most people in his concern for the absolute integrity of his rejection of Christ; whereas most moderns, and most of O'Connor's characters, simply meet the central issue of Christ with...

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