Three Common Themes Flannery O=Connor tends to use similar themes in her short stories. There are three common themes in her short stories AEverything That Rises Must Converge@, AGood Country People@ and AA Good Man is Hard to Find". The transition between the old south and the new is present in each of Flannery O=Connor=s three short stories discussed. Flannery O=Connor also strongly emphasizes the mother-child relationship in her three short …showed first 75 words of 3634 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3634 total…Flannery O=Connor=s work, there is a common theme where there is a form of evil that changes the lives of the main characters in her stories forever. The fiction of Flannery O'Connor reflects a Christian perspective on human behavior, as she often uses violence to portray evil and to emphasize the need for redemption. O'Connor's characters are odd and unsympathetic, but they tend to evoke an uncomfortable acknowledgment of the reader's own imperfections.