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A Inner Battle Between Good and Evil Flannery O’Connor’s book “The Violent Bear it Away” is a poignant example of an individuals struggle to determine the good and bad within his own identity. The character Francis Marion Tarwater is in a constant emotional battle between two uncles. Each uncle is a representation of either good or evil. Francis experiences confusion, frustration, and contempt towards both men in his quest to find himself inside …

…by taking his life, but then attempted to counteract the evil deed by baptizing him in the last minutes before the child’s death. The war between good and evil had come to and end. Francis had to realize that he could not be completely good like his great uncle Tarwater, and he could not be wholly evil like his uncle Rayber. He had found his individual identity was both representative of good and evil.