Wise Blood
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Themes
All Themes
Religious Belief, Redemption, and Sin
Free Will vs. Destiny
Instinct and the Animal
The Nature of Truth
Isolation and the Outsider
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Hazel ‘Haze’ Motes
Enoch Emory
Sabbath Lily Hawks / The Young Girl
Asa Hawks / The Blind Man
Mrs. Flood
Onnie Jay Holy/Hoover Shoats
The Policeman
Symbols
All Symbols
Hazel’s Hat
Hazel’s Car
Coffins
Blood
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices
Alliteration
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Irony
Mood
Motifs
Oxymorons
Paradox
Personification
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone
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Flannery O’Connor
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Themes
All Themes
Religious Belief, Redemption, and Sin
Free Will vs. Destiny
Instinct and the Animal
The Nature of Truth
Isolation and the Outsider
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Hazel ‘Haze’ Motes
Enoch Emory
Sabbath Lily Hawks / The Young Girl
Asa Hawks / The Blind Man
Mrs. Flood
Onnie Jay Holy/Hoover Shoats
The Policeman
Symbols
All Symbols
Hazel’s Hat
Hazel’s Car
Coffins
Blood
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Alliteration
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Irony
Mood
Motifs
Oxymorons
Paradox
Personification
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone
Theme Wheel
Theme Viz
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