Wise Blood : A Novel

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Summary: A Theme Of Inversion
Review: Wise Blood was one of the most thought provoking books that I have read. Everything seems inverted - even faith is presented negatively instead of positively. By that I do not mean that O'Conner is saying that faith is negative, what I mean is that the main character, Hazel Motes, tries to abandon his faith which only proves that his faith is real because he is totally unable to abandon it. I believe it was Miss O'Conner who said something to the effect "Maybe a person's integrity consists of what they are not able to do, rather that what they are able to do" ... an interesting perspective.