However, in despite of this rejection, God still spills His special grace in Asbury´s life. According to Wolters, the special grace goes beyond the common grace, because it implies that sin is “forgiven and atoned for, making possible true and genuine renewal from within.” (60) Also, this special grace is undeserved, and it represents an effort of God for bringing back sinners to His kingdom. As Philippians 2:13 says, “for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” (Bible Gateway) Therefore, this special grace can be considered as the main agent in the redemptive plan of God to achieve salvation to all humanity in despite of human´s intentions. Following this idea and despite his Asbury´s lack of interest…show more content… Nevertheless, Asbury showed an adverse posture by saying furiously, “and the Holy Ghost is the last thing I´m looking for.” (107) This manner, O´Connor illustrates the ignorance and close mind that Asbury has even when he is suffering a lethal…show more content… Idea postulated by John F. McCarthy, who is Department of English manager in Bedford Senior High School of Bedford, Massachusetts and shown in the journal “Human Intelligence versus Divine Truth: The Intellectual in Flannery O'Connor's Works.” According to McCarthy, “Miss O'Connor was firmly convinced that without the possibility of grace and divinely ordained salvation, human existence has no dignity, no meaning.” (McCarthy 1143) This, because in them sinful nature, humans need a redeemer hero to make sense and stop all the suffering they experience during them life. Therefore, in the story, God´s grace acts as the redeemer hero that creates meaning to all pain that Asbury suffers, providing the opportunity of salvation. However, it is important to emphasize that it is just an opportunity. For instance, in the last part of the story, O´Connor mentions that in his next days “he would live in a purifying terror,” (114) giving place to think that he would start his life in a kind of purgatory. This way, the descend of the Holy Ghost provided him total understanding, and knowledge of sins, giving him now the opportunity of total awareness to decide rather into accept or denied. Therefore, O´Connor illustrates that God provides the possibility of achieving salvation, but to preserve of free will, He gives humans the
