Revelation Flannery O Connor Analysis

The Judge In the short story “Revelation”, Flannery O’Connor tells a story of judgmental woman who has received a, as the title states, a revelation. The story seems to be straight forward, but readers must truly read between the lines to grasp the true meaning. By using irony, foreshadowing and supernatural elements throughout the story, O’Connor teaches valuable lessons. The importance of not judging others and staying humble are lessons to learn from “Revelation”. The story begins with Claud Turpin and Mrs. Turpin in a hospital waiting room where they are trying to treat an ulcer on Claud’s leg. Mrs. Turpin seems to be used to telling everyone what to do when she commands Claud to sit down. She immediately begins to look at the way the people in the waiting room are dressed. In her mind, she begins to wonder if she would rather be white-trash or black. She sets her eyes upon an ugly girl who is reading a book and proceeds to wonder if she would rather be white-trash, black, or ugly. Mrs. Turpin has a simple conversation with a lady and the …show more content…
Turpin starts having a conversation with a white-trash woman and a pleasant lady. The white-trash lady says “One thang I don’t want . . . Hogs. Nasty stinking things, agruntin and a-rootin all over the place” (O’Connor 9). This is ironic because Claud and Mrs. Turpin are pig farmers. The irony comes from the fact that Mrs. Turpin looks down upon the white-trash woman, but the white-trash woman says that she would never want to own hogs because they are nasty. A black delivery boy comes into the waiting room and Mrs. Turpin goes out of her way to be nice to him, saying “You see that button there, boy? . . . You can punch that and she’ll come. She’s probably in the back somewhere.” (O’Connor 11). He replies agreeably “Is thas right?” acting like he had never seen it before (O’Connor 11). Mrs. Turpin thinks she is helping him, but in reality, everybody thinks she is being

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