May be your own Life you Save

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One small act can change a person’s life forever. This should have a big effect on you because one kind act can change the attitude of a person in an instant. This effect could be good or it could be bad depending on your attitude towards them. If you do a good deed you will have the good and I like that person vibe and you could have them go from suicidal to making them feel like they are important and worth something in life. Or you could be a jerk about it and change their attitude and look on life forever into being rebellious and mean. Flannery O’Connor wrote the story The Life you save may be your Own the fate of the characters Mr. Shiflet saved his own life by leaving Lucynell in the diner; Mrs. Crater saved her own life by setting up Lucynell and Mr. Shiflet, and the title means you don’t always have to do the best thing for other people some time’s you do it for yourself. Flannery O’Connor wrote the story The Life you save may be your Own and one of the characters Mr. Shiflet saved his own life by leaving Lucynell in the diner and left her there. This seems like it is contradictory and it is because he left this girl in a diner by herself and she couldn’t talk to have anyone tell her where he went. Mr. Shiflet saved himself because he wasn’t happy with her he was pressured into getting married by Mrs. Crater and he did it so he could have the car. This was an act of saving himself because he could have stayed with her and been unhappy for the rest of his life or he could have left and be a happy guy who didn’t have a care in the world. “He became depressed in spite of the car… Give it to her when she wakes up I’ll pay for it now… I can’t wait. I got to make it to Tuscaloosa.” On one side this was a bad thing to do becau... ... middle of paper ... ...nnor wrote the story The Life you save may be your Own the fate of the characters Mr. Shiflet saved his own life by leaving Lucynell in the diner; Mrs. Crater saved her own life by setting up Lucynell and Mr. Shiflet, and the title means you don’t always have to do the best thing for other people some time’s you do it for yourself. I know that in my essay it looks like the only thing this story is about is trying to get rid this girl because no one wants her, but I’m pretty sure that there is more to the story than that. This is a really influential quote for the title, but I feel as though the story could have been a little bit stronger when it comes to the details. There wasn’t really much that happened in the story until the very end. This quote really makes you think about saving lives and what you are doing for yourself and what you are doing for other people.

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