What is the theme in The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor?

The Southern lifestyle is another prevalent theme in the short stories of Flannery O'Connor. The writer's wry sense of humor regarding her own environment peeks out occasionally, as in "The Crop." The author paints true pictures of the daily life of the era and pulls the reader into her world with ease. She seems to focus on naive widows left to run large places alone, with difficulties managing the Negro help, and always hampered by the inept white handyman and his wife. This is exemplified by in, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," "A Circle in the Fire," "The Displaced Person," "Good Country People," "Greenleaf," and "The Enduring Chill." What really causes these widows to loose everything, however, is their ineptness to understand the true equality between human beings, rather than blindly following the moral injustices they have been taught.