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Essay / Summary in 'Revelation By O' Conner Flannery - 754
Does being critical and superior make you greater than other homo-sapiens? Well, some people might argue that point. However, in "Revelation," O'Conner Flannery wrote about Mrs. Turpin and her husband, Claud, and her visit to the doctor's office, where she acts superior and passes judgment on other people who found there. For example, Mrs. Turpin judges Mary Grace to be fat and ugly. Everyone is compared to Mrs. Turpin because she is a good, honest, polite Christian. She thinks she's better than everyone. She is grateful that God made everything the way it is. However, in the story O'Conner shows that a person's actions are meaningless if one judges others because God will judge the person with the same judgment. Turpin is a natural self-centered person. She considers herself above the lower social classes. Ms. Turpin generally classifies people into different social classes. His judgment basically comes down to race and property. Since she and her husband own a house and land with a pig farm, she is better than everyone else. She often praises Jesus for not making her white or ugly, saying, “If that’s something I am…thankful.” When I think of everything I could have been other than myself and everything I had, a little bit of everything and a good disposition on the side, I just want to scream. “Thank you, Jesus, for making everything this way! » It could have been different! simply because she is white, she judges herself superior to black people, even if they own property. Ms. Turpin is far from perfect, but she is happy being who she is. Even though Mrs. Turpin is already "saved" through her Christian faith, she needs a revelation of Mary's grace to realize that her worldview is... .... middle of paper ..... . the inferior and the unworthy actually arrived first in paradise. At the rear of this grand parade toward heaven, Mrs. Turpin sees his face, along with her own Christian friends who looked stunned. This makes her realize that she is not better than everyone else. This color or number no longer matters. Ms. Turpin's worldview has changed. We must learn that we are all the same before God. This is not based on color or silhouette as some people would say. God will look equal because we are no better off than the next person. Even if homo-sapiens are critical and superior like Ms. Turpin, humans must understand that God judges humans as we judge others. Humans should take this into account to avoid doing the same thing as Ms. Turpin. If humans do this, they will not be before heaven; instead they will be at the back of this big parade.