Wise Blood: Dialect 1 key example

Dialect
Explanation and Analysis—Southern Accent:

In Wise Blood, O'Connor uses dialect to emphasize her characters' Southern origins and environment. However, while most of the characters speak with a Southern accent, she gives all of them their own distinct ways of speaking. Although Hazel speaks with a "sharp high nasal Tennessee voice" and uses several formulations that are typical of a Southern accent, his accent is less thick than Enoch's because he's been away from the South for several years.