Worksheet
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story Everything that rises must converge
Author’s Name Flannery O’Connor
Year of Publication
Physical: Place & Time Place: on the bus, somewhere in America
(include clues which help Time: around the time of the civil right
you determine this)
movements.
Setting
Social Context During the time of the civil right
(include clues which help movements. Racial seggretation is already
you determine this)
abolished.
Characters & character Julian: flat dynamic protagonist
type Mother: round static character
(Round/flat Carver: flat static character
/static/dynamic/
The big black lady: flat static character
stereotypical/anti-hero/etc.
Main character
Direct characterizations
(Which direct
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Indirect characterizations
(Which indirect
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Plot (max. 10 sentences) Exposition: An elaborate description of
Indicate the five stages of Julian’s mother who is overweight and goes
Freytag’s pyramid in the plot of
to the gym on her doctor’s advice. We learn
this story. If stages are missing,
about her racist nature and that that’s the
list this. Keep in mind Plot (cont.)
that some stages may be in a reason why she won’t go on the bus on her
different order, be missing, or be own.
present more than once. Inciting incident: A large black woman
and her young son, carver, get on the bus
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story Everything that rises must converge
Author’s Name Flannery O’Connor
Year of Publication
Physical: Place & Time Place: on the bus, somewhere in America
(include clues which help Time: around the time of the civil right
you determine this)
movements.
Setting
Social Context During the time of the civil right
(include clues which help movements. Racial seggretation is already
you determine this)
abolished.
Characters & character Julian: flat dynamic protagonist
type Mother: round static character
(Round/flat Carver: flat static character
/static/dynamic/
The big black lady: flat static character
stereotypical/anti-hero/etc.
Main character
Direct characterizations
(Which direct
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Indirect characterizations
(Which indirect
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Plot (max. 10 sentences) Exposition: An elaborate description of
Indicate the five stages of Julian’s mother who is overweight and goes
Freytag’s pyramid in the plot of
to the gym on her doctor’s advice. We learn
this story. If stages are missing,
about her racist nature and that that’s the
list this. Keep in mind Plot (cont.)
that some stages may be in a reason why she won’t go on the bus on her
different order, be missing, or be own.
present more than once. Inciting incident: A large black woman
and her young son, carver, get on the bus
