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 * Characters
 * Diction
 * Byzantine Christ (Symbolism)
 * Plot Summary
 * Theme
 * Metaphor
 * Biblical Symbolism
 * Symbolism

Reading List

 * 1) Kennedy, X.J. & Gioia, Dana. (2013). "Literature: A Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing"
 * 2) Savannah Schroll Guz. "Symbolism in Flannery O'Connor's Parker's Back"
 * 3) Dennis Patrick Slattery. (1981). "Faith in Search of an Image: The Iconic Dimension of Flannery O'Connor's "Parker's Back""
 * 4) André Bleikasten. (1982). "Writing on the Flesh: Tattoos and Taboos in "Parker's Back"
 * 5) John Beckwith, Richard Krautheimer (1970)."Early Christian and Byzantine Art"
 * 6) Henry Maguire (1980). "The Iconography of Symeon with the Christ Child in Byzantine Art"
 * 7) Blue Lemay (2014). "God's Back: Tattoos, Theology, and the Postmodern Pantocrator in “Parker's Back”

Original
“Parker’s Back” takes place in Georgia, during the early 1960s. It follows the story of O.E. Parker, a man who begins as apathetic towards religion, but later moves to developing a relationship with Christ. The story starts with Parker and his Biblically-named wife, Sarah Ruth, on the front porch in of their country house. Sarah is snapping beans on the front porch, and Parker, lost in thought, occasionally makes sharp comments to her. The reader is given insight into the attitude and thoughts of Parker. Parker does not think highly of Sarah Ruth, and questions why he has stayed with her since they first married. Parker scorns Sarah Ruth’s fundamentalist Christian attitudes, for she disapproves of his smoking, drinking, and tattoos.

Revised
Parker’s back is a southern gothic short story which takes place in Georgia in the early 1960’s. The story’s protagonist is a man named Parker who is apathetic towards religion. The story starts with Parker’s wife Sarah Ruth sitting on the front porch snapping beans. Parker describes his wife as plain, and compares the skin on her face being thin and tight as an onion. Parker is lost in thought conteplating his reasons for marrying Sarah Ruth. Parker knew that if he did not marry her they could not be together. Sarah was now pregnaunt, and he had no choice but to stay with her. Parker continues to describe his ill feelings for Sarah Ruth, and how he finds her Christian attitude distasteful. She disaproves of everything that makes up Parker's central core. Sarah Ruth did not wear make up, she was against color, smoking, drinking, and tattoos. Parker felt the only reason Sarah married him was to try and save him.

Byzantine Art

 * 1) Byzantine art was produced around Eastern Roman times. Christ is a sacred imagine, and very central to Byzantine art.

Types of characters found in Parker's Back

 * 1) Round: Parker is considered to be a round character. His actions are contradictory throughout the story. One of the biggest things is his relationship with Ruth. He despises her religious ways, but he still stays with her. He even tries to impress her by getting a tattoo of the Byzantine Christ on his back.
 * 2) Flat: Ruth is considered to be a flat character. Ruth is not a complex character. She is very religious, and she lives by this.
 * 3) Anti-hero: Parker is not the typical protagonist. He is vulgar, self-centered, and his internal struggles can not be seen as admirable.
 * 4) Static: Ruth is also a static character, as she does not go through any type of character development. Her character does not go through any type of development.

Revised Paragraph
Parker’s back is a southern gothic short story which takes place in Georgia in the early 1960’s. The story’s protagonist is a man named Parker who is apathetic towards religion. The story starts with Parker’s wife Sarah Ruth sitting on the front porch snapping beans. Parker describes his wife as plain, and compares the skin on her face being thin and tight as an onion. Parker is lost in thought conteplating his reasons for marrying Sarah Ruth. Parker knew that if he did not marry her they could not be together. Sarah was now pregnaunt, and he had no choice but to stay with her. Parker continues to describe his ill feelings for Sarah Ruth, and how he finds her Christian attitude distasteful. She disaproves of everything that makes up Parker's central core. Sarah Ruth did not wear make up, she was against color, smoking, drinking, and tattoos. Parker felt the only reason Sarah married him was to try and save him.