Everything you need to understand or teach The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Flannery O'Connor.
Like much of Flannery O'Connor's short fiction, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" is set in the American South and contains characters whose most notable feature seems to be their ordinariness. Through imagery, dialogue, and moments of revelation, O'Connor explores the themes of morality and religion, both frequent concerns in her work. The story evoked critical praise upon its publication in the Kenyon Review in the spring of 1953. Within the sparse...