"Revelation"...

Flannery O'Connor's short stories show how much the world has changed in the last 50 years or so. The main character in her piece of literature, "Revelation," is a perfect example of this. The main character, a farmer's wife, is a nasty piece of work. As the story progressed the less I liked her. Her comments were obnoxious and completely prejudice against anybody but herself and anyone else like her. It hit me after reading the story, however, that this was written decades ago when it was more acceptable to talk this way. If the wife were living in present times, she never would have made it out of her doctor's office alive before being attacked by all the patients, instead of one girl.