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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
«Tudo O Que Sobe Deve Convergir» foi o quarto livro que li de Flannery O'Connor; nove contos; o primeiro dá título à compilação.
E, a cada livro, os temas e os ambientes são os mesmos: o racismo, a religião, o fanatismo e os conflitos entre pessoas desconhecidas ou familiares lá nas terras onde tudo o vento levou.
Flannery O'Connor cria atmosferas de grande intensidade para no final castigar pela violência das suas espadas levantadas.
Provavelmente, tudo o que sobe converge para o céu, mas não será o céu de Flannery O'Connor alcançado à custa de demasiados castigos e licões de grande crueldade? O céu é por diversas vezes apresentado como uma espécie de «colossal monstro amarelo».
Nunca encontrei nada nesta católica devota, - ou fanática, em minha opinião - que conseguisse compreender totalmente.
Um extremar de posições entre as personagens, a salvação que chega ou talvez não, como «uma espécie de hospício para automóveis incuráveis».
A minha relação com Flannery O'Connor é contraditória: gosto como escreve, não tanto sobre o que escreve.
E, a cada livro, os temas e os ambientes são os mesmos: o racismo, a religião, o fanatismo e os conflitos entre pessoas desconhecidas ou familiares lá nas terras onde tudo o vento levou.
Flannery O'Connor cria atmosferas de grande intensidade para no final castigar pela violência das suas espadas levantadas.
Provavelmente, tudo o que sobe converge para o céu, mas não será o céu de Flannery O'Connor alcançado à custa de demasiados castigos e licões de grande crueldade? O céu é por diversas vezes apresentado como uma espécie de «colossal monstro amarelo».
Nunca encontrei nada nesta católica devota, - ou fanática, em minha opinião - que conseguisse compreender totalmente.
Um extremar de posições entre as personagens, a salvação que chega ou talvez não, como «uma espécie de hospício para automóveis incuráveis».
A minha relação com Flannery O'Connor é contraditória: gosto como escreve, não tanto sobre o que escreve.
*3.5
read for class
I had to read from Flannery O’Connor back in high school and I hated the story that we read. So much so that as a result, I wasn’t a huge fan of Flannery O’Connor.
After reading this story, Everything that Rises Must Converge, I think I like her a little more. This story was much better than A Good Man is Hard to Find, which is what I read in high school. I actually enjoyed this one.
I will say that the man thing that I disliked about both this story and A Good Man Is Hard to Find is their open endings. I hate open endings as a whole, and I think Flannery O’Connor’s insistence on them makes her writing and the stories feel cheap.
read for class
I had to read from Flannery O’Connor back in high school and I hated the story that we read. So much so that as a result, I wasn’t a huge fan of Flannery O’Connor.
After reading this story, Everything that Rises Must Converge, I think I like her a little more. This story was much better than A Good Man is Hard to Find, which is what I read in high school. I actually enjoyed this one.
I will say that the man thing that I disliked about both this story and A Good Man Is Hard to Find is their open endings. I hate open endings as a whole, and I think Flannery O’Connor’s insistence on them makes her writing and the stories feel cheap.
This is a collection of short stories that are supposed to be from basically the master of portraying White Southerners in the early 20th century
Which is like. A lot of reading about people who are mean and racist
Every couple pages you're either like, "Guess what? Not only is this narrator mean, they are also racist!" or "Wowee! Not only is this narrator racist, they are also mean to white people, too!"
It's interesting......... especially reading all of them at once
Reading the stories, you get the sense that Flannery O'Connor thinks that racists are cringe and despises them, but even more does she despise the Nice Educated Liberal who looks down on the racists
More than anything she believes in some sort of moral order to the universe: in the bonds of biological connection, in the importance of hard work and being useful, in surrending to a higher power (Christian God, I guess) and choosing not to judge
She hates young men who disrespect their mothers while living off their income
She hates parents who disregard their children in favor of non-biological connections
She hates people who try to do Good Deeds for their own self-serving ego
I don't know exactly what she...... idk............. likes........................ as the people in her stories are sort of uniformly terrible
One is about a grandkid who adores only one of his grandchildren, the one who is most like him, and hates that she uhhh won't stand up (as an eight-year-old) to the abuse of her father, his son-in-law
He confronts her about this, they end up in a physical fight, he accidentally kills her, and then he runs into a construction site and kills himself
Most of the stories are written with this kind of "so THERE! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!" kinda vibe
I feel like if she was alive today she would've loved AmITheAsshole but also would've been flamed off Reddit for being weirdly judgmental herself and very Catholic
They're all very well-done but I'm not really interested in reading her work again
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Book on CD performed by by Bronson Pinchot, Karen White, Mark Bramhall, and Lorna Raver.
3.5***
I’ve been meaning to read O’Connor for quite some time, and a challenge to read a book published the year I was fifteen, led me to this collection of short stories published posthumously, after O’Connor died at age 39 from complications of lupus.
I like Southern literature, and particularly Southern Gothic literature. The dark themes explored in such works intrigue and interest me. O’Connor excelled at this.
She gives us characters with flaws (both obvious and slightly hidden) and forces them to interact with others frequently against a backdrop of racial tension. (In this collection, the title story Everything that Rises Must Converge and the final one Judgment Day focus on the changing perceptions in 1950s-1960s America.) O’Connor also frequently includes religion, and her characters sometimes show a change in their religious adherence. While her characters may be blind to their (and others’) faults, the reader has a clear view.
There are occasional bits of … well, not exactly “humor” but lighter observations which lessen the tension and give the reader a short break from the frequently bleak story.
The audiobook features a quartet of talented voice artists. Unfortunately, I cannot clearly tell which person narrated which story, other than the men taking on those stories that primarily featured a male point of view; while the women voiced the tales with a female point of view.
3.5***
I’ve been meaning to read O’Connor for quite some time, and a challenge to read a book published the year I was fifteen, led me to this collection of short stories published posthumously, after O’Connor died at age 39 from complications of lupus.
I like Southern literature, and particularly Southern Gothic literature. The dark themes explored in such works intrigue and interest me. O’Connor excelled at this.
She gives us characters with flaws (both obvious and slightly hidden) and forces them to interact with others frequently against a backdrop of racial tension. (In this collection, the title story Everything that Rises Must Converge and the final one Judgment Day focus on the changing perceptions in 1950s-1960s America.) O’Connor also frequently includes religion, and her characters sometimes show a change in their religious adherence. While her characters may be blind to their (and others’) faults, the reader has a clear view.
There are occasional bits of … well, not exactly “humor” but lighter observations which lessen the tension and give the reader a short break from the frequently bleak story.
The audiobook features a quartet of talented voice artists. Unfortunately, I cannot clearly tell which person narrated which story, other than the men taking on those stories that primarily featured a male point of view; while the women voiced the tales with a female point of view.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Lots of racist people lots of brutal death
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes