"A new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace… "–John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address 1.Allusion
2.Paradox
3.Hyperbole
4.Oxymoron

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

Based on this excerpt the authors are mostly likely to attempt to answer which question?

Describe the misfit’s experience of the world. to what extent can his criminality be attributed to the conditions of his life? even though he is not in jail, is he a free man?