Parker's Back
E381597
"Parker's Back" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, identity, and grace through the experiences of a heavily tattooed Southern man seeking spiritual meaning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parker's Back canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parker's Back Context triple: [Everything That Rises Must Converge, hasTitleShortStory, Parker's Back]
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A.
Parker's Mood
"Parker's Mood" is a seminal 1948 blues-based jazz composition and recording by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, celebrated for its emotional depth and improvisational mastery.
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B.
The Outing
The Outing is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and identity among a group of Black churchgoers on a river excursion.
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C.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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D.
The Jake
The Jake is the popular nickname for Progressive Field, the Major League Baseball stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Cleveland Guardians.
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E.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parker's Back Target entity description: "Parker's Back" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, identity, and grace through the experiences of a heavily tattooed Southern man seeking spiritual meaning.
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A.
Parker's Mood
"Parker's Mood" is a seminal 1948 blues-based jazz composition and recording by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, celebrated for its emotional depth and improvisational mastery.
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B.
The Outing
The Outing is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and identity among a group of Black churchgoers on a river excursion.
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C.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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D.
The Jake
The Jake is the popular nickname for Progressive Field, the Major League Baseball stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Cleveland Guardians.
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E.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Flannery O'Connor ⓘ |
| character |
Obadiah Elihue Parker
ⓘ
Sarah Ruth ⓘ |
| characterRole | Sarah Ruth is Parker's wife ⓘ |
| collectionAuthor | Flannery O'Connor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely studied in O'Connor scholarship ⓘ |
| educationalUse | frequently anthologized in literature courses ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | posthumous publication ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian fiction
ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Parker ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Everything That Rises Must Converge ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Southern Gothic literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Gothic
|
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainConflict | Parker's inner spiritual struggle and his wife's rejection of his religious vision ⓘ |
| motif |
religious imagery
ⓘ
tattoos ⓘ vision and seeing ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A heavily tattooed Southern man seeks spiritual meaning and has an icon of Christ tattooed on his back, provoking a violent reaction from his fundamentalist wife. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Obadiah Elihue Parker ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christianity
ⓘ
Protestant fundamentalism ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| style | realist with symbolic elements ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
fundamentalist Christianity
ⓘ
grace and redemption ⓘ marital discord ⓘ religious experience ⓘ |
| symbol |
Christ Pantocrator tattoo
ⓘ
Parker's tattoos as a search for identity ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
ⓘ
grace ⓘ iconography and idolatry ⓘ identity ⓘ marriage and conflict ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
ⓘ
serious ⓘ |
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