Compare and contrast the grandmother in O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and Ruby Turpin in O'Connor's "Revelation."

In
comparing the main characters in 's short stories "" and "," I am struck
first as to how the women are similar.

In "A Good Man Is Hard to
Find," the Grandmother talks a lot. She never stops ranting at her son
Bailey or passing her opinion on to others, whether they are interested or not. Ruby Turpin in
"Revelation" also talks a great deal. In the doctor's office, she has quite a bit to
say about African Americans, and she is not charitable. In this story, she finds another woman
with ideas similar to her own, and they engage in extensive conversation.
Bailey's mom simply talks at people.

Both women see themselves as Christians. Flannery O'Connor's stories often deal with
religious themes, strongly present in both stories, and here again are similarities between the
two women. Neither woman is able to understand religion in her own life:

[Flannery'] characters are often too selfish or unobservant to see
the acts of grace in everyday...