What So Funny?
A humorous story is a comedy. A serious story is a drama. Put both of these kinds of stories together and you get Flannery O'Connor's writing style. O'Connor's short stories begin with an up beat tone, and then slowly trickle into a more serious, dramatical tone. This style of writing is what helped O'Connor's stories stick in our minds from her death until now. Her short stories "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "Revelation", and "Good Country People" are good examples of her writing in this manor. Each of these stories starts off with a humorous theme, and then gets serious towards the end to get its point across. With this style of writing, one can pin point the irony in her stories. Where her stories switch from humorous to dramatical is where the story's irony and climax appear, and with that sudden change of tone it brings out the climax from the rest of the story. At that moment, a reader should be able to identify the theme O'Connor is trying to push......

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Title: What's So Funny
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