The Terrible Speed of Mercy Social Commentary signaling by the formality of

signaling by the formality of her language her adoption of another convention

And as the boys grow into young men

they exchange places

We see it in Jesus

Diane Glancy

The Terrible Speed of Mercy Social Commentary signaling by the formality of"Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics." Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor's work has been described as "profane, blasphemous, and outrageous." Her stories are peopled by a sordid caravan of murderers and thieves, prostitutes and bigots whose lives are punctuated by