Analysis Of The Lame Shall Enter First, By Flannery O Connor

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The lame shall enter first , a short story written by Flannery O’Connor, concentrates on the relationship between Sheppard and from one side his son Norton ,a really lonely child , and from the other side Rufus , a ten years old boy that comes from a reformatory . Sheppard’s wife is dead and Norton misses her, however his dad can’t understand the reason why his son is still in pain , he thinks that is elfish and self-centered so he decides to take in and help Rufus instead of helping his own son. Rufus , on the other hand , is not a good boy and doesn’t want any help in fact , he tells to Sheppard that Satan has him in his power “A black sheen appears in the boy’s eyes “satan” he said. has me in his power”(O’Conner) , but Sheppard doesn’t believe him because he is an atheist. In this story , we can say that the main topic is Selfishness versus Compassion. In fact , Shepard at the beginning of the story does not show any sign of compassion for his poor son , he just wants to help Rufus even if his main goal is to tarnish Sheppard.At end of the story , though , Sheppard understands that his son needs love so he decides to go talk to him but it’s too late. We can consider Sheppard as an Allusion because Sheppard’s name alone is enough to give the reader clues …show more content…

On one side we have Rufus that has a mysterious temperament , and on the other side , we have Norton’s personality that is really mellow and sweet. Norton wants just to make his dad love

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