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The violent bear it away

by Flannery O'Connor

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Francis, an orphan who lives with his great-uncle in Powderhead, Tennessee, is called by God to be a prophet. This is against his will and causes much inner conflict.

Fiction in EnglishOrphansFictionPathosAmerican SatireFiction, generalFamiliesFamilies--southern states--fictionPs3565.c57 v56 2007