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March 31, 2006

O'Conner "The Displaced Worker"

O'Connor, '''The Displaced Person'' -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267)

"She stood on two tremendous legs, with the grand self-confidence of a mountain, and rose, up narrowing bulges of granite, to two icy blue points of light that pierced forward, surveying everything."
Then the front door opend and out stepped the man, The Displaced Person. Mrs. Shortley very bold in her thinking and negative. She tells the black men that "Displaced" means they ain't where they were born. She is upset that they were here. Mrs.McIntrye the mom of I believe the McIntrye in Bernice Bobb's her hair. But not real sure. She does make reference to her son. Mrs.McIntrye is a woman who expects alot, rich and pays black people, and poor people little money to do all her work. She complains about money and that she wants more work done but says her hired help is slow but she never offers them a raise. She stated they stole from her and the "Displaced" worker turns the one in. Please she's paying him more money because the priest ask her to. Aagain there is death, jealously and envy. Well not wonder in this story because O'Connor pretty much sets it up. This story did have an ending unlike the others. If she would have offered her hired help more money maybe she would have been rich and wealthier than she already was.

Posted by LisaRandolph at March 31, 2006 2:27 PM

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Well we have to remember that Mr. Shortley is not the healthiest man around and Mrs. McIntrye expects him to help her with her farm meanwhile he works all day ont eh farm and then on the side runs his whiskey farm, which maybe he goes there to drink but i don't remember it saying that. Mrs. McIntrye is very jelous it seems of everyone else, because she doesn't like blacks of white trash as she calls them, i would love to knwo what ethinic background she is. She just seems like a stubrron old women that wants what she wants for nothing.

Posted by: Melissa Lupari at April 2, 2006 11:31 AM

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