The Lame Shall Enter First

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"The Lame Shall Enter First" is a darkly comic and morally complex short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of pride, faith, and redemption through the fraught relationship between a rationalist father and a troubled juvenile delinquent.

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Everything That Rises Must Converge hasTitleShortStory The Lame Shall Enter First