How the character’s behavior motivated by the drive. How does the drive manifest, and how is it addressed by the character? The characters depicted by Flannery O’Connor in Wise Blood and their actions are affected by some inner drives which can be correlated with the power of faith or natural instincts. Enoch Emery is one of the main characters of the book who can be discussed as the opponent to the main protagonist Hazel Motes because of the drives which direct their lives. Thus, Enoch Emery’ behaviour is based on such inner drives as ‘wise blood’ and the extreme desire to overcome the feeling of loneliness when Hazel’s drives depend on the issue of faith. Enoch’s ‘wise blood’ always tells him what to do, and he acts according to his ‘wise blood’ because it makes him be unique. Enoch states that he is one who has such a power, “You act like you think you got wiser blood than anybody else, but you ain’t! I’m the one has it. Not you. Me” (O’Connor 55). In fact, Enoch’s ‘wise blood’ is the instinct based on fears which makes him hate his work in the zoo and abuse animals because their life conditions are better than Enoch’s ones. The source of this drive is Enoch’s personal misery, and the result is the abuse of animals which are weaker. The next drive is also based on fears, and the main fear is the fear of loneliness. This Enoch’s drive has the source in the personal life background, and now Enoch tries to draw Hazel’s attention to his personality in order to become friends. This drive makes Enoch seek for friends and compassion everywhere. If Enoch’s desires and drives are not satisfied, he becomes rather aggressive. Thus, these drives make Enoch do a lot of strange things as, for instance, stealing of the mummy, which are justified with references to the ‘wise blood’, but they depend on fears. Compare and contrast two of the novel’s characters The characters of Wise Blood have rather different relationships with religion and the questions of belief. To understand the role of religion in the novel, it is necessary to concentrate on such characters as Hazel Motes and Enoch Emery. Thus, Hazel Motes experiences the crisis of faith which leads him to preaching a new religion without Christ when Enoch Emery finds Christ everywhere and states that his faith is in his ‘wise blood’ which makes him act in a proper way. Hazel’s way to Christ is long and complicated. Before becoming a soldier, Hazel intended to connect his life with religion. Nevertheless, Hazel’s religious principles changed, and he began to proclaim the idea of the “Church Without Christ”, stating that blasphemy is the only way to speak about Christ (O’Connor 56). From this point, the “Church Without Christ” is based on blasphemy and illicit activities against Christ’s word. In spite of the provocative character of the church, people are inclined to follow Hazel or imitate him. That is why, Hazel’s blinding himself can support his intention to find the true faith in spite of all his rejections of Christ and his religion. Enoch Emery follows another path in relation to faith, focusing on his ‘wise blood’ which is perceived as the inner truth. Nevertheless, his desire to follow Hazel is so large that Enoch is ready to find a new Christ in the form of the mummy in order to meet Hazel’s expectations. Enoch and Hazel