In Flannery O'Connor's stories, "Good Country People," "All That Arises Must Converge," "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," and "The Life That Salvi could be your "Own", there are many similar characters and situations. Few, if any, of the characters are likable, and most of them are grotesque. Two of the stories have characters who consider themselves superior in one way or another to those around them, and in some cases these characters experience a fall, illustrating the old proverb, "Pride goes before a fall" (King's Bible James, Proverbs 16:18). Two of the stories include a character who has some type of disability, three of the stories show a very turbulent relationship between a parent and a child, and three of the stories contain a character who could easily be described as evil. ” there are two characters who believe they are superior to others. Mrs. Hopewell describes herself as having "no bad qualities of her own" (DiYanni p.189). He also takes it upon himself to classify the people he meets as “good country people” or “trash” (p. 188, 189). There appear to be no shades of gray in his thinking. Joy/Hulga Hopewell also considers herself superior, but her superiority lies in her intellect. She lets it be known that if it weren't for her poor health she would be at a university teaching people who “knew what she was talking about” (p. 191). Although Joy/Hulga believes herself to be intellectually superior, she is deceived by the Bible salesman to such an extent that he manages to steal her wooden leg (p. 200). "Everything that arises must converge" also contains two seemingly superior characters, Julian and his mother. Julian's mother believes she is superior because her grandfather was a former governor, a wealthy landowner with two hundred slaves. She also believes that being white makes her superior to people of other races. He believes those people should rise up, but “on their side of the fence” (p. 214). Later in the story he offends a "nigger" woman by patronizing the woman's son. This woman is so distraught that she physically attacks Julian's mother (p. 221). Julian also considers himself superior. He feels superior to his mother because he doesn't consider himself racist. He's actually just as racist as his mother, but he displays his racism in a different way, seeking out what he calls "some of the best guys" to befriend (pg..