Mrs. Turpin False virtue is often a common quality among society. Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation” is a suitable example of this issue. The story opens with an old couple, the Turpins, joining the patients in a doctor’s office. Mrs. Turpin then stirred up conversations that led to an incident that brought her to a revelation. Mrs. Turpin, a product of her time, is a Southern elitist who judges others and considers herself to be above everyone else. With a snobbish attitude, Mrs. Turpin judges and looks down at those on a lower echelon and with poor physical traits. For example, when Mrs. Turpin was repulsed when she saw the college-aged overweight girl’s skin, “The poor girl’s face was blue with acne and