Wise Blood
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14
Themes
All Themes Religious Belief, Redemption, and Sin Free Will vs. Destiny Instinct and the Animal The Nature of Truth Isolation and the Outsider
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Hazel ‘Haze’ Motes Enoch Emory Sabbath Lily Hawks / The Young Girl Asa Hawks / The Blind Man Mrs. Flood Onnie Jay Holy/Hoover Shoats The Policeman
Symbols
All Symbols Hazel’s Hat Hazel’s Car Coffins Blood
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Alliteration Dialect Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Irony Mood Motifs Oxymorons Paradox Personification Setting Similes Style Tone
Download PDF
Download Teacher Edition
The LitCharts.com logo.
Sign In Sign up for A+
The LitCharts.com logo.
AI Tools
  • Ask LitCharts AI
  • Discussion Question Generator
  • Essay Prompt Generator
  • Quiz Question Generator
Guides Guides
  • Literature Guides
  • Poetry Guides
  • Shakespeare Translations
  • Literary Terms
Sign In Sign up for A+ Sign up

Wise Blood

by

Flannery O’Connor

Upgrade to A+
Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Religious Belief, Redemption, and Sin Theme Icon
    Religious Belief, Redemption, and Sin
  • Free Will vs. Destiny Theme Icon
    Free Will vs. Destiny
  • Instinct and the Animal Theme Icon
    Instinct and the Animal
  • The Nature of Truth Theme Icon
    The Nature of Truth
  • Isolation and the Outsider Theme Icon
    Isolation and the Outsider
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Hazel ‘Haze’ Motes
  • Enoch Emory
  • Sabbath Lily Hawks / The Young Girl
  • Asa Hawks / The Blind Man
  • Mrs. Flood
  • Onnie Jay Holy/Hoover Shoats
  • The Policeman
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Hazel’s Hat Symbol Icon
    Hazel’s Hat
  • Hazel’s Car Symbol Icon
    Hazel’s Car
  • Coffins Symbol Icon
    Coffins
  • Blood Symbol Icon
    Blood
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Alliteration
  • Dialect
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Irony
  • Mood
  • Motifs
  • Oxymorons
  • Paradox
  • Personification
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Style
  • Tone
Theme Wheel Theme Viz
Download this Chart (PDF)
Download the Teacher Edition
Download this Chart (PDF)
Previous
Blood

Wise Blood Literary Devices

Next
Alliteration
Previous
Blood
Previous
Blood
Next
Alliteration
Next
Alliteration

Company
About Us Our Story
Support
Help Center Contact Us
Connect
Facebook Twitter
Legal
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Privacy Request
Home About Contact Help
LitCharts, a Learneo, Inc. business
Copyright © 2025 All Rights Reserved
Terms Privacy Privacy Request
The LitCharts.com logo.
Save time. Stress less.
Sign up!
  • AI Tools for on-demand study help and teaching prep.
  • Quote explanations, with page numbers, for over 49,909 quotes.
  • PDF downloads of all 2,238 LitCharts guides.
  • Expert analysis to take your reading to the next level.
  • Advanced search to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
  • Quizzes, saving guides, requests, plus so much more.
  • Expert analysis to take your reading to the next level.
  • Advanced search to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
  • Quizzes, saving guides, requests, plus so much more.
The LitCharts.com logo.
Requesting a new guide requires a free LitCharts account
You'll also get updates on new titles we publish and the ability to save highlights and notes.

or

Already have an account? Sign in
Complete your free account to request a guide
Already have an account? Sign in
The LitCharts.com logo.
Get your answer with a free account
You’ll also get tons of other helpful features, including free quizzes and saving guides.

or

Already have an account? Sign in
Last step: complete your free account
Already have an account? Sign in
The LitCharts.com logo.
Creating notes and highlights requires a free LitCharts account.
You'll be able to access your notes and highlights, make requests, and get updates on new titles.

or

Already have an account? Sign in
Complete your free account to access notes and highlights
Already have an account? Sign in
The LitCharts.com logo.
Saving guides requires a free LitCharts account
Easily access your saved guides anytime.

or

Already have an account? Sign in
Complete your free account to save guides
Already have an account? Sign in