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1. Give An Example Of Something In The Town That Is Bizarre Or Falling Apart.

Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarHomes Or FarmsAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Psychic/Clairvoyant Ability; Extrasensory Perception - Darl - Who Seems To Exhibit A Kind Of Prescience Or Even Plural Consciousness (Darl "Are" Instead Of "Is"); He Narrates Addie's Death Scene When He Isn't Physically Present

2. Heterotopic Space

Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Homes Or FarmsPsychic/Clairvoyant Ability; Extrasensory Perception - Darl - Who Seems To Exhibit A Kind Of Prescience Or Even Plural Consciousness (Darl "Are" Instead Of "Is"); He Narrates Addie's Death Scene When He Isn't Physically Present

3. Jubilee

Psychic/Clairvoyant Ability; Extrasensory Perception - Darl - Who Seems To Exhibit A Kind Of Prescience Or Even Plural Consciousness (Darl "Are" Instead Of "Is"); He Narrates Addie's Death Scene When He Isn't Physically PresentHomes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)

4. Second Sight

Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Homes Or FarmsPsychic/Clairvoyant Ability; Extrasensory Perception - Darl - Who Seems To Exhibit A Kind Of Prescience Or Even Plural Consciousness (Darl "Are" Instead Of "Is"); He Narrates Addie's Death Scene When He Isn't Physically Present

5. Exhortation

Homes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Impassioned Preaching Style That Seeks To Persuade Listeners Via Powerful - Charismatic Appeals To Emotion - Hazel Motes' Dogged Promotion Of The Church Without Christ; Hazel Calls On Individual Passersby - Confronts Taxi Drivers And Waitresses And Whoever He Encounters And Challenges Their Convictions; The Irony Of Hazel's Exhortation Is That People Are So Apathetic They Almost Can't Be Exhorted

6. Secret Shade

Homes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Site Of Illicit Affairs In Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (Addie And Whitfield/Dewey Dell And Lafe); Lies Beyond Normative Religious And Patriarchal Gaze; A Clandestine - Expressive Space

7. Most Notable Feature Is _______________

Associated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)GrotesqueCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarHomes Or Farms

8. Relies On ________________________ - Ironic - Or Unusual Events To Guide The Plot.

Associated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Homes Or FarmsSupernaturalCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

9. What Does Grotesque Mean?

Associated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Homes Or FarmsUgly Or Distorted In Either A Funny Or Disgusting WayCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

10. Why Is The "Outsider" Usually The Hero?

Homes Or FarmsTheir Differences Allow Them To See The World In A Different Way.Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)

11. When Someone Reads Southern Gothic They Cannot Help But Feel A Sense Of ___________________.

Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarPlace Or BelongingAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Homes Or Farms

12. Cartoon Aesthetic

Associated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Flannery O'connor's Style Of Physical And Behavioral Exaggeration - Color-blocking - Ironic/Satirical/Bizarre Situational Comedy - Hazel With His Iconic Preacher's Hat - His Elongated/"Stretched Out" NeckHomes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

13. Turns ______________________ Into Heroes.

14. Nine Night

Homes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarHurston's "Night Song After Death"; A Caribbean Death/Burial/Postburial Ritual The Objective Of Which Is To Give The Deceased Person's "Duppy" A Proper Sendoff Into The Afterlife; Welcoming/Celebrating The Duppy - Inviting It Into The Home - Followed By Permanent Dismissal (Almost Like An Exorcism); If Improperly Performed - The (Evil) Duppy Could Linger And Haunt The LivingAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)

15. Grotesque

Associated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Associated With O'connor; Deals With Mental And Physical Deformity - Disability - Depravity - Violence; Extraordinary Distortions Of The Ordinary To Command Readers' Attention - Enoch Emery's 'new Jesus'; A Shrunken - Ancient Human CorpseHomes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

16. Slave Narrative

Associated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Homes Or FarmsGraphic Racialized Violence Portrays The Horrors Of Slavery; Quest For Literacy - Quest For Freedom; Religious Overtones; Abolitionist Sentiment; Vivid Characters In Extraordinary - Dramatic Situations - Chasing The North StarCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

17. Which Character Ends Up Being The Hero?

Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)The OutsiderHomes Or Farms

18. Characters Are Often _____________________

19. Most Southern Gothic Tales Have Characters That End Up In _____________________.

Fate Prison Or Actual PrisonHomes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)

20. Interior Monologue

Narrative Device Used To Articulate Characters' Thought Patterns (As If Said Character Were Talking/Narrating To Him/Herself) - Anse's Early Chapter(S) Function As Interior Monologues - Speeches/Rationales He Makes To HimselfAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Homes Or FarmsCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

21. Duppy

Homes Or FarmsAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)The Most Powerful Part Of Any Man - According To Caribbean Tradition (Seen In Hurston's "Night Song After Death"); The Caribbean "Nine Night" Ritual Is Performed To Ensure That This Uninhibited Spirit Is Properly Laid To Rest (Because Otherwise It Will Torment The Living); First - The Duppy Is Welcomed With Altars And Offerings - But Then It Is Vehemently Banished To The Grave ForeverCelebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

22. Stream Of Consciousness

Homes Or FarmsAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North StarPsychological Device Used To Simulate The Organic - Recursive/Tangential/Meandering Process Of Thought And Emotion Itself - Darl's Narration Oscillates Between Various Topics - Memories - Predictions/Prophecies

23. These Odd Characters Symbolize What?

Problems Or IssuesHomes Or FarmsAssociated With Flannery O'connor's Work - Especially - But Could Apply To Any Literature Where Binary Opposite Forces Interact/Conflate - Changing The Meaning Of Both - The Secular/Sacred Collide On The Streets Of Taulkinham - Where Asa "Preaches" Next To A Potato Peeler Salesman; The Salesman's Pitch Takes On Some Exhortative Elements - And Asa's Gospel Presentation Becomes Commodified (Pamphlet)Celebration Of African-american Identity Outside Of Anglocentric Gaze; Escape From White Oppression; Freedom To Practice African Traditions; Reclamation Of The Black Body (Not Enslaved But Free - Expressive - Ancestral) - Chasing The North Star

24. What 3 Differences Cause Tension Within The Town?

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