The protagonist of this work is so sorely annoyed at having to accompany his mother to her "reducing class" at the local Y that he pictures himself as Saint Sebastian waiting for the arrows to pierce him.
The protagonist of this work is so sorely annoyed at having to accompany his mother to her "reducing class" at the local Y that he pictures himself as Saint Sebastian waiting for the arrows to pierce him. A mother repeatedly states she "won't meet [herself] coming and going" while wearing a new purple and green hat in this story, which is made ironic when she encounters a black woman wearing the same hat on a city bus. After the mother is struck down for offering a penny to the black woman's son, the mother has a stroke, and Julian is forced to helplessly watch her call out for her grandfather. For 10 points, name this Flannery O'Connor short story, the title of which ironically refers to the coming together of the races in the South.
The protagonist of this work is so sorely annoyed at having to accompany his mother to her "reducing class" at the local Y that he pictures himself as Saint Sebastian waiting for the arrows to pierce him.
“Everything That Rises Must Converge”