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    A Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation"
    A Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation"
    A Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation"
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    A Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation"

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    A Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 6, 2016
    ISBN9781535824309
    A Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation"

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      A Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation" - Gale

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      Guests of the Nation

      Frank O’Connor

      1931

      Introduction

      Guests of the Nation is probably Frank O’Connor’s most widely read story. It was published in the 1931 collection of the same name after appearing in the Irish Statesman. O’Connor’s experiences as a member of the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles (Ireland’s struggle to establish self-rule) shaped his attitudes and gave him much material for his writings. Despite his strong support of the Irish cause and his own desires to see Ireland become free from British domination, his stories often show, as Patricia Robinson writes, that in war, hatred and revenge drive out ethical and moral intelligence.

      In Guests of the Nation, men from both sides of the struggle are thrust together. They argue, play cards, discuss politics and religion, and generally behave as though they are not part of the armed conflict that surrounds them. Then Feeney brings the news that the Irishmen have been ordered to execute the Englishmen. O’Connor now makes his strongest point that ideological differences are fleeting and relatively unimportant.

      Ruth Sherry observes that O’Connor was suspicious of heroics and put little emphasis on the physical aptitudes of his characters. The characters in his stories are ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. They struggle to make sense of their circumstances and come to conclusions based on that

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