Flannery O'Connor

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Flannery O'Connor by Mind Map: Flannery O'Connor

1. early life

1.1. born in Georgia

1.2. father died of lupus

1.3. accepted into the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa

1.4. studied journalism

1.5. 1948 started working on her novel and short stories

2. works

2.1. saint character

2.1.1. Wise Blood

2.1.1.1. Haze

2.1.2. A Good Man is Hard to Find

2.1.2.1. the grandmother

2.2. redemption

2.2.1. Temple of the Holy Ghost

2.2.1.1. the girl

2.2.2. Wise Blood

2.2.2.1. the landlady

2.3. the idea of being saved and going to Heaven

2.3.1. Wise Blood

2.3.1.1. the grandmother

2.3.2. A Good Man is Hard to Find

2.3.2.1. Haze

2.3.3. A View of the Woods

2.3.3.1. Mary Fortune Pitts

2.4. christian symbolism

2.4.1. Wise Blood

2.4.1.1. the mummy

2.4.2. Temple of the Holy Ghost

2.4.2.1. the freak

2.4.3. A View of the Woods

2.4.3.1. the woods

3. Catholic

3.1. devout Catholic

3.2. wrote book reviews for two Catholic diocesan newspapers in Georgia

3.3. kept a prayer journal during her time at the University of Iowa

3.4. open about her Christian background

3.5. has stated and explained the catholic and christian imagery and symbolism in her work

4. later life and illness

4.1. diagnosed with lupus in 1952

4.2. first novel published in 1954

4.3. first short story collection published in 1955

4.4. died in 19604 from lupus