How does Mrs. Turpin see herself before Mary Grace calls her a wart hog?
What will be an ideal response?
- Mrs. Turpin is a self-satisfied, self-righteous woman, who sees herself as a model Christian. Her reaction to the girl’s message includes her assessment, “The message had been given to Ruby Turpin, a respectable, hard-working, church-going woman” (par. 129). Later she rails at God, “Why me? . . . It’s no trash around here, black or white, that I haven’t given to. And break my back to the bone every day working. And do for the church.” (par. 181).
The reader is also quickly aware of how important social hierarchy is to Mrs. Turpin, and that she derives great satisfaction in quickly judging people and establishing her assumed superiority to most of them. O’Connor tells us “sometimes Mrs. Turpin occupied herself at night naming the classes of people” (par. 24) and wondering “who she would have chosen to be if she couldn’t have been herself,” and wrestling with the question of whether or not she would choose to be “white trash” or a “nigger” (par. 24).
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