Everything That Rises Must Converge Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory

Oh man. This hat. We hear so much about this hat that we kind of want one for ourselves, if only for the hilarity factor. Check out this juicy description:A purple velvet flap came down on one side...

Gee, we wish strangers would still give us money for being cute. Or, uh, something like that.Anyway, while giving out a penny seems innocent enough to Julian's mother, there's a much more dire side...

O'Connor uses the integrated bus as a sort of petri dish: She mixes up whites and blacks, the poor and poorer, the educated and uneducated, and keenly observes how they interact with another. In th...