A Temple of the Holy Ghost.

A Temple of the Holy Ghost, by Flannery O'Connor, was a very a little confusing. In fact, this was probably one of the more intricate stories that we have read so far, but i think that i understood the theme. The story starts off with two girls, who are ditsy and kind of disrespectful, that are looking at their clothes and they called themselves temple one and temple two. The story also introduces the main character, who is called the child. The story never tells us her real name, pretty much all we know is that she is 12 years old and she can be ugly and nasty. We find out that the two older girls are being sent to a convent and they dont seem to like it. In fact, one of the more comical parts of the story is when Suzanne and Joanne are making fun of the nun who said that when a guys behaving inappropriately in the back seat of the car, they are supposed to say that they are a temple of the holy spirit! I did think that this part was hilarious even though they were mocking Christianity. One common theme that i noticed was that the child was very judgmental. I feel that christians today can be so judgmental when their brother or sister fall. There is a common saying which says that christians are the only people who shoot their wounded. This, unfortunately can be a true statement sometimes. The ugly in the child was when she was having her judgmental rants. For example, when she has her rant about the Catholic song, she calls the boys a big old church of God ox. She states that she is so happy that she is not a part of that church. I started to judge her, but then i checked myself and asked myself, do i do this too? The answer i found is that sometimes i do the same thing. I often judge people who call themselves christians, but they fall or they dont live the holy life. I learn that i pick apart others sometimes, especially when they struggle with the same things that i struggle with. It was cool to see this story make me think about my own life.