Everything That Rises Must Converge

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struggles so hard to make his mother believe he is. In reality, Julian's mother has sacrificed a great deal for her son's well-being. She's allowed her own teeth to rot to afford him braces, has worked hard so that he might attend college, and makes excuses for his unemployment. Although she talks only through a string of cliches, Julian's mother is all too eager to please her son and obviously lives through him. This makes Julian's harsh view of his mother even more irritating to the reader.
The theme of Old South vs. New South fuels the conflict between Julian and his mother. Ms. Chestny has been raised all her life too behave in the gentile southern manner. She was once the grandaughter of the governor so position and wealth rank high in importance. She dismisses the plight of blacks with the stereotypical southern response, "They should rise, yes, but on the own side of their fence" (O'Connor 408). This attitude most likely resulted from being taught to talk this way all her ...

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