Judgment Day

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"Judgment Day" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of race, identity, and redemption through a Southern Gothic lens.

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Judgment Day canonical 3
The Judgment Day 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
author Flannery O’Connor
linked to: Flannery O'Connor
centralConflict an elderly white Southerner’s struggle with exile from his Southern home
racial tension between a white Southerner and a Black neighbor
countryOfOrigin United States
explores Catholic notions of grace
moral responsibility
the clash between rural and urban values
the legacy of the American South’s racial history
genre Southern Gothic
short fiction
hasCharacter African American neighbor
Tanner
Tanner’s daughter
hasStyle dark humor
irony
realist detail
religious symbolism
hasTitle Judgment Day
literaryMovement Southern Gothic literature
linked to: Southern Gothic
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mainTheme Southern racism
death
displacement
human dignity
identity
race
redemption
the afterlife
motif body versus spirit
journey home
judgment and salvation
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
partOf Flannery O’Connor’s late short fiction
setting American South
workOfAuthor Flannery O’Connor
linked to: Flannery O'Connor

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God’s Trombones hasPart The Judgment Day
linked to: Judgment Day
Judgment Day hasTitle Judgment Day