Ignorance Does Not Discriminate

Everything that Rises Must Converge Ignorance Does Not fork The short story Everything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery OConnor describes how ignorance has no boundaries. The story of a teen man named Julian and his prejudice mother living a time following the end of segregation. Julian despises his mothers need to feel superior and pities her ignorance. Julian is conflicted by the fact that his mother willing never change and toys with different ways to teach her a lesson and end her superiority complex.The story ends tragically with both Julian and his mother learning a very difficult lesson- that ignorance does not discriminate. Julians mother is trapped in a time when she feels superior to Negros because of her skin color, last name and family history. Julian struggles to make her understand that times have changed and she is no better than anyone else regardless of her history.In contrast, Julians mother attempts to elevate his worth by reminding him of the sacrifices she has made to enable him to have privileges such as excellent teeth and a college education. These things should make Julian feel superior as well. The irony of this story is that scorn the constant struggle to teach each other a lesson about equality, a quaint showed both Julian and his mother that they were both equally ignorant.When Julians mother is physically assaulted by a blackness charwoman for a simple gesture, the lesson begins. Though meant to be kindness to a child, Julians mother was completely ignorant about how offensive the gesture was to the childs mother. As Julian watched the event with satisfaction that his mother was finally being taught her lesson in equality, Julian unknowingly allowed a strangers ignorance to take his own mother in return for a lifetime of regret and guilt.The negro woman loses her temper and Julians mother loses her life. Because all three characters refuse to be affected role and open minded with each other, no one wins. Julian and his mother lose the most. The negro woman and her child lose also. She lost the opportunity to show her child a better way to chain reactor with ignorance. She also walked away with a bit more hate in her heart. Thus the ignorance will in all probability continue to be paid forward.