—Ralph Ellison
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Addie Bundren has died and her
family is carting her coffin to Jefferson
to be buried with her people. The
macabre funeral journey faces natural
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About the Title: The Naked and the Dead
“Those who had fought such a war were either stripped naked, having lost all hope, or dead, having lost even life itself.” the waste of war and madness of war mentality
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A Good Man is Hard To Find (short story collection) - 1955
O'Connor once referred to the collection as 'nine stories about original sin'. Combining a deft comic sensibility with the grotesque and tragic, they are stories in which characters lead lives of brutal poverty and fierce cruelty; where ordinary events can tip over into misfortune, violence and despair.