id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7228 The Violent Bear It Away - Wikipedia .html text/html 2407 209 72 The first chapter was originally published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead" in the journal New World Writing.[1] The novel tells the story of Francis Marion Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape the destiny his uncle has prescribed for him: the life of a prophet. Under the guise of taking the two boys out to a country lodge to go fishing, Rayber finally confronts Tarwater, telling him that he must accept an ordinary life and ignore the superstitious Christian upbringing and the false destiny with which his great-uncle has corrupted him. O'Connor illustrates this well, demonstrating the power of Tarwater's destiny as it dominates every obstacle in its way; the drowning of Bishop is transformed to a baptism, Tarwater's rape turns to revelation, and the secular Rayber fails in every way.[5][page needed] The importance of passion is also linked with the power of religion. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7228.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7228.txt