tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post2617457563587432091..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: Softened by evilAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-83716306469296669602009-08-10T04:32:31.512+01:002009-08-10T04:32:31.512+01:00"If I were to sum up what I think George’s ar..."If I were to sum up what I think George’s art expresses, it is that where the human spirit meets true evil then people either turn into demons or become Christ-like..."<br /><br />This sounds similar to a theme one of my favorite authors, Flannery O'Connor uses in many of her stories. She puts it this way: “I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace.” O'Connor uses this theme in stories such as "A Good Man is Hard to Find," and "Good Country People," both of which have bizarre somewhat incomprehensible endings unless O'Connor's religious beliefs and intended meaning are recognized, because she leaves the characters' "moment of grace" implied. There is no aha! narrative intrusion after the violence where we are told the outcome--that is left merely implied. <br /><br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-51176007286175298462009-08-05T00:58:05.139+01:002009-08-05T00:58:05.139+01:00That's profoundly frightening.That's profoundly frightening.Katherinenoreply@blogger.com