The Displaced Person Study Guide

The Displaced Person

The Displaced Person by Flannery O'Connor

"The Displaced Person" is a 1955 short story by Flannery O'Connor about farmhands in Georgia after the Second World War with themes of morality and cultural differences. Mrs. McIntyre, the owner of a farm, hires a Polish refugee named Mr. Guizac to work on her farm. Threatened by the hard-working Guizac, the Shortley family resent him. Later, Guizac plans to have his niece come to America by marrying a black farmhand. Mrs. McIntire attempts to fire him for this, but he is run over by a tractor instead.

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