Abstract
The paper looks at O'Connor's influence upon laws pertaining to gender discrimination, racial discrimination, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and Supreme Court principles vis-a-vis non-discrimination. The paper also looks at how O'Connor's views differ from those of more conservative justices. The paper explores the United States Supreme Court's doctrine on non-discrimination prior to her arrival and then proceeds into a discussion of her career. Finally, the paper examines the legacy of O'Connor and offers a brief consideration of the future of non-discrimination policy in the United States now that she is gone. The paper argues that O'Connor was an extremely influential justice - if a controversial one - and that her impact upon the United States Supreme Court will be felt for many generations yet to come.

Tags:o'connor, jurisprudence, legacy

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This paper discusses the literary element of irony in the writings of Flannery O'Connor. "Revelation", "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "Good Country People", and "Everything That Rises Must Converge", are all humorous stories. But the irony of O'Connor often becomes cruel and wicked as she mocks people and their appearances.

Tags:irony, works, o'connor

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The paper analyzes how "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by O'Connor and "Why I Live at the Po" by Welty illustrate the resilience of the myth of Southern womanhood in the modern period.

From the Paper
"Preoccupation with social codes distinguished the South from the North in the United States even in the earliest days of the republic. Social patterns in the South were determined by the institution of slavery, chiefly but not solely among the elites who set a cross-caste standard for the emerging white middle classes. Marriage and courtship were highly formalized and conferred economic and social power and status. In consequence, the Southern woman was mythologized as an ideal of perfection and submission..."

Tags:Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Southern womanhood

Abstract
The paper examines how in 1975, in the landmark case of "O'Connor v. Donaldson", 422 U.S. 563 (1975), the U.S. Supreme Court effectively redefined the legal basis for involuntary commitment of mental patients to state hospitals and/or institutions.

From the Paper
"In 1975, in the landmark case of "O'CONNOR v. DONALDSON," 422 U.S. 563 (1975), the U.S. Supreme Court effectively redefined the legal basis for involuntary commitment of mental patients to state hospitals and/or institutions. The following discussion provides a background of the case, the legal findings, and the impact of this case on psychology. Case Background: In 1943, Kenneth Donaldson was 34 years old and married with three..."

Tags:psychology and law, oaE(TM)connor v. donaldson, psychology

Abstract
A comparison of ways in which the main characters in Jack Hodgins' "The Plague Children" and Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation" view their farms. The paper discusses how attitudes towards their farms are reflected in their attitudes toward the world in general. The paper also explains the external forces that produce life changing experiences to both characters.

From the Paper
"The purpose of this research is to compare and contrast the attitudes of the main characters in Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation" and Jack Hodgins' "The Plague Children" toward their farms, with a view toward identifying how those attitudes intersect with their attitudes toward the world more generally. The plan of the research will be to set forth the pattern of ideas in the stories and then to discuss the means by which the characters' relationships to their farms drive the narrative."

Tags:Flannery, O'Connor, Jack, Hodgins, cosmic, themes, agriculture

Abstract
A focus on the five main characters of these stories (Mrs. May, Hulga, Mrs. Turpin, Julian, and his mother) . It shows how they are all based on a common denominator in their character makeup, that of emotional contempt for the world they inhabit and, even more, contempt for themselves. O'Connor sets up these characters with inflated egos, then she pulls the rug out from under the characters in a climactic moment. Ironically, each character is smashed by something he or she held in contempt.

From the Paper
"The pattern consists of three stages: (1) the author makes use of the omniscient point of view, allowing the reader to be privy
to all the characters' thoughts and motives; (2) then a disconcerting and jolting climax occurs, usually very harsh for the character; and (3) readers finally discover how this climax affects the characters."

Tags:character, connor, flannery, literature, novel, characteristic

Abstract
This paper compares Flannery O'Connor's short story,"Good Country People" with Alice Walker's story, "Everyday Use" in terms of character, family and relationships.

From the Paper
"In Flannery O'Connor's Good Country People and Alice Walker's Everyday Use there are some striking similarities to be observed with regard to such elements of literature as relationships, specifically with family place ..."

Tags:Flannery O'Connor, Alice Walker, short stories

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This paper delves into the life of Flannery O'Connor not only as it is told biographically but as her life relates and is reiterated in the stories she writes. By using O'Connor's fiction as a backdrop to her life, the paper focuses on the bizarre characterization of the protagonists of O'Connor's stories as much as O'Connor herself was a very unique person. Thus, O'Connor is exemplified as being explained through her characters such as in the stories "Wise Blood", "Good Country People" and "A Good Man is Hard to Find".

From the Paper
"O'Connor was a great user of allegory in her stories. As O'Connor in her life was an introvert most of her characters are gregarious such as in Good Country People and the character Hulga. Hulga denies herself first in the story by the changing of her name from Joy to Hulga which signifies O'Connor's own contempt of falsities. She is stating through the character Hulga that people are prone to be blind in areas in which they should be keeping both eyes open. She states this in regard to events in her own life such as growing up Catholic in a mostly Protestant neighborhood. Hulga is blind to her own personality and what she is capable of doing and by changing her name she is trying to rewrite her own history. O'Connor as a write can sympathize with this notion as through her characters O'Connor is trying to find her own identity."

Tags:Wise, Blood, Good, Country, PeopleA, Good, Man, is, Hard, to, Find

Abstract
The paper discusses the appointment and unanimous confirmation of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court. The paper shows how O'Connor demonstrated the fact that women, especially women of caliber, had every right to come and go from the workplace without sanction. The paper also looks at how O'Connor was integral to several monumental court decisions. The paper concludes that O'Connor proved her worth as a justice and demonstrated immense skill in the resolution of extremely difficult legal questions posed to the court.

From the Paper
"Traditionally nominations to the supreme court have been a very political act of the executive branch of government, as it is a singular power of the president that frequently goes by with only limited challenges from congress and the nomination if approved is a nomination for life, unless the justice chooses to step down. The legacy, therefore of the Supreme Court appointment can be long and prosperous for a president as they tend to seek out candidates who share commonalities with themselves and their political party and the opportunity of a president to nominate a Supreme Court Justice does not come frequently due to the length of the office."

Tags:women, nomination, court, decisions

Abstract
The author reviews Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find". She states that O'Connor's writing reflects her Southern and Catholic traditions. Although she cannot be read as part of the feminist literary tradition, O'Connor is important to contemporary American fiction.

From the Paper
"The words of the grandmother might seem sentimental, were she not speaking to a man who is a homicidal killer, about to blow her away to "kingdom come." "A Good Man is Hard to Find" depicts a rather repulsive young family, including June Star who "wouldn't live in a broken-down place" for a "million bucks" and the rather irritating grandmother. (7) But because the grandmother is able to see some brief snatch of humanity in the "Misfit" who eventually kills her, O'Connor bestows her with a kind of grace in terms of the narrative's judgment."

Tags:religion, revelation, divine, understanding, physicality, christian, writer, catholic, southern, parables, faulkner, 20th, century, woman