Bauer sees some especially intriguing similarities between O'Connor Wise Blood and Walker "Entertaining God" (another of the stories in In Love and Trouble). She also notes some similarities of "plot line and character type" (150) between "Everyday Use" and O'Connor's short fiction.
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Publication Information: Book Title: Critical Essays on Alice Walker. Contributors: Ikenna Dieke - editor. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1999. Page Number: 32.
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