Historically, literature has presented its readers with a dominant male gender and has produced an inferior female. "Everything that Rises Must Converge", by Flannery O'Connor is a perfect example of literature that exhibits the values and characteristics of the traditional woman. It exposes the common stereotypes associated with women and identifies with the tribulations of a struggling female in a setting where prejudices ran rampant. Its main character portrays every woman's desperate struggle to succeed …showed first 75 words of 726 total…

…showed last 75 words of 726 total…ose lifestyle was very similar to her own. The characters of Flannery O'Connor's short story are very consistent with those of a conventional society. She illustrates the exclusion of women from a male dominated society and shows them in their traditional role. The women portrayed are interdependent individuals who are often simple-minded. They give way to a dominant male who is characterized in an opposite manner and is morally correct with an acquired secular knowledge.