or's Wise Blood seemed to have many similarities and many differences to Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. All three novels offer the world, during this time period, as a place of chaos, lacking moral and religious thoughts and actions. These three novels seem to offer life as an inescapable trap. However, the argument can be made that in O'Connor's Wise Blood, Motes does find his own personal salvation at the end of the novel. Motes leaves on his own to follow his personal path, which seems to be some sort of repentance. After his death, Motes ultimately becomes "the pin point of light," suggesting that he has been redeemed. Yet, it is my personal opinion that Motes does not find religious salvation at the end of the novel. Motes repents for something that he does not believe in, for his views regarding Jesus and Christianity doe not change at the end of the novel, supporting the fact that all three novels offer the same view of the world. ...
