O conner

Both southern heritage and catholic religion played a part of O'Connor's short stories. She didn't base he stories particularly on these topics; she believed in creating a character and letting his or her actions make the story come to life.
Within O'Conner's many short stories, the presence of the Catholic religion is pretty much there. She always has one character in her stories that displays some religious attitude. For example, the grandmother in "A Good Man is Hard to Find," is the one character that truly shows any faith. She keeps saying "Jesus" like she is calling out to him for help. Some times it seems to me that quite a few very devout Catholics are quite pushy about their religions beliefs and about their opinions just like the grandmother. Mrs. Turpin, from "Revelation," also shows a a religious background that could be shaped by O'Conner's religious influence. Mrs. Turpin always thinks about her relationship with God and how the good things she does must have earned her a really good place. Both of these characters are very serious about how their religion should be acted upon, however, I don't think O'Conner was trying to preach to the readers about converting faiths or anything, but she wanted religion to be apart of each of the characters.
The Southern heritage influence is more put into play by the language and actions of the characters. O'Conner was from the dirty south, so naturally she related with the dirty south readers. The family is "A Good Man is Hard to Find," is a very typical portrayal of a southern family: 3 kids, 2 parents, pets, and a grandmother staying with them. The grandmother has many traditionally southern characteristics by herself. She uses intolerable and unnecessary terms for African Americans which really shows alot of southern background.