The Turkey
"The Turkey" | |
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Short story by Flannery O'Connor | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Southern Gothic |
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Published in | Mademoiselle |
Publication type | Magazine |
Publication date | November 1948 |
"The Turkey" is an early short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis The Geranium: A Collection of Short Stories and was published in Mademoiselle in 1948 as "The Capture." It later appeared in the 1971 collection The Complete Stories and a modified version appeared in her Complete Works in 1988 as An Afternoon in the Woods.
The story involves a boy chasing and capturing an injured turkey, which is taken from him before he can bring it back to his family. The story has a Christian theme and deals with the boy's sinful motivations.[1]
References
- ^ Richard Giannone, Flannery O'Connor, hermit novelist (University of Illinois Press, 2000)
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