Motherly Love
In the three stories we read by Flannery O'Connor; "The Comforts of Home", "Everything That Rises Must Converge", and "The Enduring Chill", the major relationship portrayed was between mothers and their hypersensitive sons. While all of the major characters, the sons, were noticeably similar, the lesser characters of the mothers were also very alike in many ways. Many of their views, gestures and outward qualities paralleled throughout the stories. After rereading all of the stories again I came to the realization that the mothers O'Connor wrote in her stories were variations of the same person.
One of the qualities that jump out first is that all three mothers are incredibly proud of their sons, even if they have no reason to be. Julian's mother loves to tell people how her "son finished college last year. He wants to write but he's selling typewriters until he gets started" (10). She does not care that he has not truly written anything, but that he has......

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Title: Motherly Love
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