Flannery O’Connor’s story, “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, illustrates in words the importance of sticking to your roots through a man of deception who is hypercritical to this idea. It seems since Mr. Shiftlett was born in the royal south, he does not know how to put his responsibilities together, and he doesn’t seem to have any priorities in his life. He is a carefree man who goes from …showed first 75 words of 863 total…

…showed last 75 words of 863 total…Lucynell. In the story you see a lot of examples of Mr. Shiftlett’s being hypocritical towards this thoughts with his actions. There are a lot of big gaps between the way he acts and what he talks about. Flannery O’Connor’s story, “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, illustrates in words the importance of sticking to your roots through Mr. Shiftlett, a man of deception whom is hypercritical to this idea.