PHIL 11 Critical Thinking- Employ the Principle of Charity

Choose one of the following topics and construct an essay, following. You can find all you need on MVCC website:

 

https://mvcc.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=28872501

 

1. Discuss the religious symbolism in Flannery O’Connor’s work. In addition to the two stories, you are required to consult O’Connor’s “On Her Own Writing” and “Some Aspects of Grotesque in Southern Fiction” found on Blackboard under Course Documents. 

 

2. Discuss elements of Southern Gothic fiction and their connection to characters or setting or theme in Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge. In addition to the two stories, you are required to consult O’Connor’s “On Her Own Writing” and “Some Aspects of Grotesque in Southern Fiction” found on Blackboard under Course Documents, Supplemental Readings in Fiction.