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The Life You Save May Be Your Own Study Guide

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by Flannery O'Connor
About 60 pages (18,032 words)
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The Life You Save May Be Your Own Study Guide consists of approx. 60 pages of summaries and analysis on The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Flannery O'Connor. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

This story is set around 1944 on a rundown, desolate Southern plantation. On this plantation there lives an old woman and her daughter, Lucynell Crater. The old woman's name is also Lucynell, but she is simply referred to as "the old woman" throughout the story. Lucynell is slow and does not speak. Though she is around 30 years old, her mother presents her as being 15 or 16 years of age, because of her "innocence." Lucynell is a physically beautiful girl, with long golden hair and blue eyes. (read more)
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  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

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  Media Adaptations

  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

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