Flannery O’Conner was a great short story writer because of her original idea’s when it came to civil rights. O'Connor wrote to friends that her favorite story, among those she had written, was "The Artificial Nigger" and that it was "probably the best thing I'll ever write." This story has a lot of elements which wrap around the concept of race which Flannery O’Conner explained in every important detail she could throughout this story. From racism to God’s grace, she presents them all in an unusual way. As it is clearly shown in the title, “The Artificial Nigger,” confronts racism, specifically in Atlanta, Georgia. O’Connor does an interesting job showing racism in the south around the 1950s. In this case, she made an alienated grandson feel