Everything That Rises Must Converge

Flannery O’ Connor’s Everything that Rises must Converge highlights the sudden and extreme change of dissociation and seclusion of Black America from White America to having those two collide --in sync-- and well-adjusted in the New South. The little events in Everything that Rises must Converge basically state the bigger picture of the designated time era and acknowledges the hopeless lives of both White America and Black America who only have their “dreams” and “desires” to depend on in order to survive. Contravene, the play’s bleak tone conveys the despondency that accompanies those dreams. Additionally, the rough detailed imagery transmits the reality of the situation: that these fantastic hopes are nearly impossible to attain, and therefore meaningless.

Change describes a hardship that can be very hard to adapt into especially when you have lived with a certain way almost your entire life. The tone itself offers a dark insight of the into the inconsequential cycle of “Old” America. The numerous failures among the characters highlight the monotony of life, with the idea that settling for worse defeats much- needed change. For example, when Miss. Chetsney offered a penny to the young African American child, the disrespect that she was given by the mother of the child was absolutely unbelievable. As it states in the short story, Julian’s mother enjoyed suffering through the times, regardless of whatever the result might be. However, Julian’s mother never loses hope throughout the novel. She often gives her son Julian hope by saying constantly saying that “Rome wasn’t built in a day” basically stating that he has time to make something of his life.

The motherly senses of Miss. Chetsney (Julian’s mother) act up when she sees the African American child on the bus. Although she had a tad bit of racism within her, she never used them upon children. She never noticed a difference between race, age, or habitat of whatever child she may find stated in the short story. Moreover, the detailed imagery implemented in Everything that Rises must Converge accentuates the violent circumstances that can be sparked by a simple act of affection which was shown to the younger child. Similarly, towards the end of the short story, when Julian’s mother breathe’s her last, she was told by Julian to “learn” from her encounter with the African American woman. Which stood as a metaphor for the people with