A) “Revelation” opens in a doctor's waiting room where Ruby Turpin is waiting with her husband, Claud. As she often does, Mrs. Turpin passes the time by categorizing the other waiting-room inhabitants by class—“white trash,” middle class (like her), and so forth. This is the segregated
South, so there are no black people here, but Mrs. Turpin is happy to judge them, too.
She identifies a pleasant-looking woman as one of her own class, and they begin an idle conversation that centers first on their possessions and eventually on their disapproval of civil rights demonstrators. They conclude that it would be a good idea to send all black people back to Africa. During this conversation, the other woman's daughter, Mary Grace, an obese college student with severe acne, has been making faces directly at Mrs. Turpin. At last Mary Grace cracks entirely, throws her book (Human Development) at Mrs. Turpin, and then physically attacks her. When Mary Grace has been subdued, Mrs. Turpin begins to think that the girl has a message for her, and when she moves closer, Mary Grace calls her a warthog and tells her to go back to hell where she came from.
Later, at home, Mrs. Turpin is deeply shaken by the message. At last, while hosing down the hogs, she questions God about why he sent her such a message when there was plenty of “trash” in the room to receive it. His answer comes in the form of a vision of people marching to Heaven, a procession led by all the people she has most held in contempt. The vision fades, and Mrs. Turpin returns to the house in the midst of a cricket chorus of hallelujahs. Critics have disagreed about the meaning of the end of this story, but Mrs. Turpin's serious acceptance of the violent message of grace and the imagery of the ending seem to suggest that her vision was a gift of mercy that has clarified her vision of the world, its people, and her possessions.
B) The crisis or the turning point of this short story is at the moment when Mary Grace throws the book at Mrs Turpin and says to her : " Go back to hell where you came from , you old ward hog ". Is at this moment when Mrs Turpin begins to have doubts about herself . This is the turning point that leads Mrs Turpin to the revelation in the end of the story.
C) The climax is the moment with the highest tension where we know what is going to happen in the end of the story. In" Revelation " the climax is noticed when Mrs Turpin is at the pig parlor and she has a vision of paradise. At this point we know how the story is going to end.
D) The conclusion in " Revelation " is that Mrs Turpin understand all the bad things she has done. She sees this in the confrontation with God , where she realizes that everybody black or white , well dressed or badly dressed , poor or rich , are the same in front of God. One of the main ideas of this short story is that it is never too late to change our attitude toward other people.
2) What do you infer from Mrs Turpin 's conversation with the black farm workers? Is she their friend? Why does she now find their flattery unacceptable ( "Jesus satisfied with her " ) ?
A) During the conversation with the black farm workers i understand that she talks to them only because she sees it only as a duty and nothing more. She thinks that talking to the black farm workers she will be saved from hell , in this way she would be perfect even in paradise.
B) in think Mrs Turpin is not friend with the black farm workers. She talks to them only to fulfill her duties of being a perfect woman.
C) She finds their flatteries unacceptable because she doubts at her self . She reminds the words of Mary Grace but she cannot understand them. She understands that Jesus is not satisfied with her and though is ashamed of their flatteries because she knows that they are not sincere.
3) When near of the end of the story , Mrs Turpin roars, " Who do you think you are ?" an echo " returned to her clearly like an answer from beyond the wood ". Explain.
The passage when Mrs Turpin roars " Who do you think you are " and the echo turns back might be maybe God or even a part of herself. Maybe deeper , unconsciously , she knows who she really is , the person who judges people for their skin color , the way they are dressed up , their incomes etc , and not that perfect woman who she claims to be.
4) What is the final revelation given to Mrs Turpin? ( To state it is to state the theme of the story .) What new attitude does the revelation impart? ( How is Mrs Turpin left with a new version of humanity? )
A) Mrs Turpin understands by the vision that she has been a person who prejudiced others only by ht physical features. This vision reveals to her that she is not the perfect woman and that God has another vision of people and humanity , and not what she had.
B) Mrs Turpin changes her attitude because she finally realized that she cannot judge people only for their skin color , the way they are dressed , because she is nobody to do that , and because she is not perfect herself to do that. The only one who can judge us is God . She perceives the message that we are all the same in front of God's eyes .
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