Flannery O'Connor: The Mysteries Behind Her WritingsMary Flannery O'Connor was born on March 25, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia, to Edward and Regina O'Connor. She was their only child. His father was a real estate agent and World War veteran. Mrs. O'Connor, the mother, was more of a stay-at-home mom. She was Flannery's greatest inspiration. In the early years of Flannery's life, she attended Vincent High School and Sacred Heart Parish School for Girls. During this time, his father took a job with the Federal Housing Administration in Atlanta, Georgia. The family remained in Atlanta for a time, but once her father was diagnosed with lupus in 1940, they moved to Milledgeville, Georgia. Mr. O'Connor later died in 1941, shortly after his diagnosis. This talented young woman attended Peabody High School and graduated in 1942. After graduating from high school, she then attended Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville. There she earned the titles of arts editor of the college newspaper The Colonmade and editor of the college literary magazine The Corinthian. She graduated with a degree in social sciences in 1945. Flannery O'Connor is known for her superb short stories, "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "Wise Blood", "The Violent Bear It Away" and "Everything That Rises must converge. As a young reader, I often analyze all aspects of an author's work to try to understand their influences and inspirations. In this article, I will reveal the underlying factors that may have played a role in O'Connor's writings. Could her upbringing be the reason she wrote in Southern dialect? His religion was widely visible in all of his writings, so this could have been one of his main influences... middle of paper ... which can damage just about any part of the body. She was hospitalized at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She was given an experimental drug called ACTH, which then weakened her body and forced her to return to Milledgevile. O'Connor didn't let this affect his writing. During an interview, she was asked about the diagnosis and her response was: "The disease has no effect on my writing since for that I use my head and not my feet." » As she continued to take the experimental drug, it began to affect her mobility in her hips and she had to use crutches. ("When you can't be too physically active, all you have to do is write for me to have a blessing in disguise") During the summer of 1957, she wrote letters to two of her friends explaining his feelings about his illness. . ("From my 20s until my 25s, with the idea that life