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She tries to justify their existence in her mind, thinking about how smart they are and all that they can do. She sends Claud on his way to take the farm hands home in the pick-up truck, and grabs the hose to spray down the hogs.

She asks God why he sent her such a message, and is unable to understand how she can be "saved and from hell too. Then she challenges God, saying, "Go on, call me a hog again Who do you think you are? A She sees a streak of light extending upward into the sky, surrounded by fire, like a bridge. A horde of people advances from the earth toward Heaven, but in the front are all those whom Mrs. Turpin considers below herself: white-trash, now clean, black people, and "freaks and lunatics" like Mary Grace seems to be.

At the end of the procession are people like her and Claud, who have been stripped of their earthly virtues like kindness to those they consider to be inferiors.

The vision reveals to her that all people are equal in God's eyes, and she is successfully moved. Mary Grace's name marks her clearly as the symbol of grace in the story.

Though Mrs. Turpin is already "saved" because of her Christian faith, she needs a revelation from Mary Grace to realize that her world view is inconsistent with her Christianity.

Turpin asks Mary Grace, during her seizure, "What you got to say to me? Turpin's self-absorbed nature, since rather than feeling concern for the girl's health she is focused on how the girl's actions and attitude relate to her. But it also implies that Mrs. Turpin recognizes Mary Grace's closeness to God in that moment, and her desire for a revelation which she receives, though it is bizarre and not what she expected.

These words inspire Mrs. Turpin's revelation at the end of the story, when she sees herself, Claud, and those of equal socioeconomic status bringing up the rear of the procession to Heaven. Though they are saved, they must follow those whom Mrs. Turpin has considered beneath her. Mary Grace's eyes are particularly important as symbols of her judgment of Mrs.

Turpin and of her ability to communicate a message from God. She has violent eyes that seem "alternately to smolder and to blaze. Turpin, she slams her book shut and stares violently at Mrs.

Her eyes "seemed lit all of a sudden with a peculiar light, an unnatural light like night road signs give. As Mrs. Turpin thinks about the uselessness of helping people like the white-trash woman, Mary Grace's "eyes fixed like two drills on Mrs. This time there was no mistaking that there was something urgent behind them. They seemed a much lighter blue than before, as if a door that had been tightly closed behind them was now open to admit light and air. The sun and sky are important symbols for O'Connor, and here they indicate the stages of Mrs.

Turpin's acceptance and understanding of the revelation. Before she tells the black farm hands what Mary Grace said to her, as she thinks about it, "the sun was getting whiter and whiter, blanching the sky overhead so that the leaves of the hickory tree were black in the face of it. Turpin the error of her ways before it is too late.

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When the girl hits Mrs. Turpin in the face with the book, Mrs. Turpin is conversing with another character and is not talking to the girl. In this situation, a violent act by the girl is completely unpredictable.

Also, O'Connor uses an unhappy ending for this story. Turpin, who is happy being who she is, does not understand why the girl hated her. She does not think she is a bad person, and she cannot comprehend why she is not liked. O'Connor ends the story with Mrs. Turpin's questions unanswered which leaves her with a sadness that is unsolvable. Through the use of social conflict, the element of surprise, and an unhappy ending, a believable plot is created.

To further develop the theme, O'Connor uses consistent behavior, clear motivation, and plausibility to create convincing characterization. The protagonist, Mrs. Turpin, is convincing because she consistently curious and involved in conversation.

She is also consistently observant of the other characters. Over the course of the story, Mrs. Turpin does not change; therefore, she is a static character. O'Connor's characters are victimized and are images of lower intelligence. Turpin, however, does appear to be of average intelligence. Her behavior in the story mirrors the Southern image given to her by O'Connor.

In the beginning of "Revelation," Mrs. Turpin is a polite and outgoing individual, and these are characteristics that remain with her. In addition to consistent behavior, Mrs.

Turpin is convincing because she is mainly motivated by her insecurity. Her motivation for appearing at the doctor's office is clearly because her husband is injured. She also feels a need to observe the other patients so she can draw conclusions as to why they are there. Turpin is a friendly and curious woman which explains her continuous conversations with anyone who will listen. Even though she notices the hatred given off by the teenage girl, she continues to act ignorant of it.

A possible motivation for her continued talking could be that she is deterring from a confrontation. Another characteristic of Mrs. Turpin is her plausibility.

In this story, she is very plausible because her personality and characteristics model those of a lifelike person. She is curious and observant just like everyone else and she also enjoys a friendly conversation. O'Connor makes Mrs. Turpin an average Southern citizen with an average Southern attitude. With these characteristics given to her, Mrs. Turpin has become a plausible protagonist in the story "Revelation.

O'Connor's use of important literary devices such as symbolism and foreshadowing allow her to reinforce the theme. Many think of O'Connor's writing as humorous. In most of her stories, she uses a technique that is, for the most part, comic. Humor is one way O'Connor masks what she is actually trying to say.