At this point in the story, the salesman has already removed her leg and set it aside. You just a while ago said you didn't believe in nothing. O'Connor Similar to A Good Man , Hulga is pleading for her humanity in this scene, relying too heavily on a faith she never really believed in. But, just as we saw before, there really is no redemption in Hulga's pleads, it is within the violence of her violation that her eyes are opened, and the aftermath of in which she is saved. It is difficult to say, because that would be pitching death against violation.
Violence has such a unique place in American society.
It is the one topic which comes to mind that Americans ardently despise and simultaneuosly worship with the most fervent of fevers. Pornography , religion , even food are all issues which are prevalent in American culture, but it is violence which comes out on top. We condemn violence for its gratuity and meaningfulness, it's harmful effects on our young ones, it's lack of creativity. Yet, we constantly thirst for more. More blood, more gore, more punches and kicks and chops and bullets and guns.