O'Connor, "The River"

"His face was all bone and the red light reflected from the river" (O'Connor "The River" pg. 33).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelaPalumbo/2008/02/red_water_is_not_a_good_sign.html

"Finally, far downstream, the old man rose like some ancient water monster and stood empty-handed, staring with his dull eyes as far down the river line as he could see." (O'Connor, "The River," pg. 46)
Anyone up for a swim?
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MadelynGillespie/2008/02/even_rocks_can_float_and_water.html

“The little boy stared at her silently, his nose and eyes running. He was four or five. He had a long face and bulging chin and half-shut eyes set far apart. He seemed mute and patient, like an old sheep waiting to be let out” (O’Connor 25).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/GretaCarroll/2008/02/being_led_to_the_slaughter.html

‘There ain’t but one river and that’s the River of Life, made out of Jesus’ Blood. That’s the river you have to lay your plain in, in the River of Faith, in the River of Life, in the River of Love, in the rich red river of Jesus’ Blood, you people’ (O’Connor “The River” pg 34).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelicaGuzzo/2008/02/baptism.html

"He intended not to fool with preachers anymore but to Baptize himself and to keep on going this time until he found the Kingdom of Christ in the river."

-From Flannery O'Connor's "The River," page 45 in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and Other Stories

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EricaGearhart/2008/02/suicide_mercy_or_just_another.html

"He intended not to fool with preachers anymore but to Baptize himself and keep on going this time until he found the Kingdom of Chirst in the river"(O'Connor, "The River", p. 45).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EthanShepley/2008/02/trying_to_do_the_impossible.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KayleyDardano/2008/02/how_are_babies_made.html Everyone wants to know how babies are made right so feel free to share your answer.

“ He had found out already this morning that he had been made by a carpenter named Jesus Christ. Before he had thought it had been a doctor named Sladewall, a fat man with a yellow mustache who gave him shots and thought his name was Herbert, but this must have been a joke.”

"He hadn't taken a suitcase because there was nothing from there that he wanted to keep" (O'Connor 44).

Take your suitcase to my blog entry:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LaurenMiller/2008/02/a_place_to_call_home.html

"'What's your name?' She asked in a drowsy voice. 'I don't know but only your last name.' His name was Harry Ashfield and he had never thought at any time before of changing it. 'Bevel,' he said. Mrs. Connin raised herself from the wall. 'Well ain't that a coincident!' She said. 'I told you that that's the name of this preacher!'" (O'Connor "The River" pg 26)
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KaitlinMonier/2008/02/name_stealer.html

"It occured to him that he was lucky this time that they had found Mrs. Connin who would take you away for the day instead of an ordinary sitter who only sat where you lived or went to the park. You found out more when you left where you lived. He had found out already this morning that he had been made by a carpenter named Jesus Christ. Before he had thought it had been a doctor named Sladwall, a fat man with a yellow mustache who gave him shots and thought his name was Herbert, but this must have been a joke. They joked alot where he lived. If he had thought about it before, he would have thought Jesus Christ was a word like 'oh' or 'damm' or 'God', or maybe somebody who had cheated them out of something sometime." (The River, O'Connor, pg 31)

“Bevel didn’t see him at all. He only saw the river, shimmering reddish yellow, and bounded into it with his shoes and his coat on and took a gulp” (O’Connor 51).

View more of my blog at: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JeanineONeal/2008/02/and_all_your_sins_shall_be_was.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AllisonHall/2008/02/home_life_and_knowledge.html

"It occurred to him that he was lucky this time that they had found Mrs. Connin who would take you away for the day instead of an ordinary sitter who only sat where you lived or went to the park. You found out more you left where you lived" (Flannery O'Connor "The River", 37-38).

"The three boys didn't move. Something seemed to have happened to them. They started over his head as if they saw something coming behind him but he was afraid to turn his own head and look. Their speckles were pale and their eyes were still and gray ass glass. Only their ears twiched slightly. Nothing happened."
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/ChelseaOliver/2008/02/el150_the_river_and_some_littl.html

"'What lies have you been telling today, honey?' He shut his eye and heard her voice from a long way away, as if he were under the river and she on top of it."
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/RichelleDodaro/2008/02/pain_is_always_too_real.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/TiffanyGilbert/2008/02/peace_on_earth_just_a_pitt_sto.html

"He intended not to fool with preachers any more but to Baptize himself and to keep on going this time until he found the Kingdom of Christ in ther river"

"All right, i'm going to baptize you now", and without more warning, he tightened his hold and swung him upside down and plunged his head into the water. he held him under while he said the worlds of baptism and then he jerked him up again and looked sternly at the gasping child." (O'Connor 44-45)

"His face was all bone and the red light reflected from the river" (O'Connor "The River" pg. 33).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AndreaNestler/2008/02/flannery_oconnor_may_be_my_new.html

"They looked like a skeleton of an old boat with two pointed ends, sailing slowly on the edge of a highway" (O'Connor 31).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulianaCox/2008/02/foreshadow_imagery.html

"'Will he heal me?' Bevel asked.
'What you got?'
'I'm hungry,' he decided finally."

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JessieFarine/2008/03/taste_of_innocence.html