Both Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner explored the lives and existence of families surviving the depression. alienated and odd characters. war criminals living in their midst. life after the horrors of a long war.

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.

it states the claim

the grass-plot before the jail, in prison lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the inhabitants of boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door.

— the scarlet letter,

nathaniel hawthorne

''eyes intently fastened''

''iron-clamped oaken door''

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