The Temple of The Holy Ghost

This story, honestly, was not one of my favorites at all. It felt dry and as if the author was simply writing down her thoughts without a coherent flow. Reading the Flannery O'Connor's biography gave me a better understanding of the reading presented.  "Many of her stories draw characters in cartoonish ways, a whimsical, and sometimes cruel, way of seeing humanity." I'll say that is very true regarding this story.

The title does not seem to fit and at the same time it does a little. I would have to say I was a bit deceived by the title. I thought the story would be more about positive aspect. The child had a very negative view of these two girls that were called Temple 1 and Temple 2. However, looking back at the authors style of writing it did not surprise me after.

The child, who was 12, seemed to think highly of herself, and thought the girls, who are 14 were morons. That seems a bit harsh. I mean they are 14 years old and are only teenagers. Therefore, teenagers have a different mentality then say a 25 year old. However, the child was 12 and it seemed that she was the judgmental making such harsh statements. Maybe, that is even cruel of me to say. We often view things from our perspective and are quick to make comments and remarks based on little evidence of the whole situation. It's like they say everyone can tell the same story, but you will get a different image every time.

Further on The Fair seemed to contracted a Temple of the Holy Ghost in a way with the 'freak' was both male and female. It's interesting that the freak said not to laugh that God allowed this happen, and it's not his/her fault. It definitely stuck out to the child. It made you think twice about how grateful you are to have the Temple, body, you have.

When the child talked about prayer and how we get distracted, I do agree that sometimes your thoughts do wonder when you are praying. Being at the chapel and kneeling in prayer seemed to be a place where she could finally get her thoughts out and not be distracted. This illustrates the power of Gods house. How often do we get distracted with our own selfishness and desires and judgmental thoughts that we forget to look at ourselves, and take out the speck in our own eye.