Summary Of Everything That Rises Must Converge By Flannery O Connor

Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge” is a short fictional story set in the 1950's-1960's which depicts what life in the South was like. O’Connor describes the two main characters in the story that share a deteriorated mother-son relationship. Julian, a liberal, is a recent college graduate whose dream is to become a writer, albeit currently sells typewriters for a living. His mother, Mrs. Chestny, a conservative, is a middle-aged widow who comes from a wealthy family, although their fortune is a thing of the past. Suffering from high blood pressure, her doctor suggests she joins a spin class, and she abides. Buses were recently integrated, and as a result, she asks Julian to accompany her because she feels uneasy going all alone, even though he wants to object, he agrees.
As they prepare to head out to the class Julian’s mom is uncertain whether or not to wear her velvet hat, which is an emblem of a lady of class, in her opinion.

Chestny’s love for her son. From minimal things like offering to take off her hat because she thinks it irritates him, financially supporting him, to the invaluable emotional encouragement. He was her exception for everything, resulting in Julian growing up expecting things rather than earning them. The end of the story shows a Julian who is full of regret, it occurs to me that, there would be no regret if he had respected his mother as what she is, his mother. Was he feeling remorse because deep down he knew he had been careless with the person who loved him unconditionally? Conceivably, the story would have unfolded differently if he had focused more on enjoying the time with his mother, dismissing the urge she had to entertain someone else’s son other than her own. He was trying to inculcate a lesson that perchance the world has yet to grasp. It’s 2018 today and some people still neglect equality, Mrs. Chestny isn’t the only