Another reading/purpose of the Bible salesman is to continue in the tradition of the Gothic theme. O'Connor represents an amazing writer of the Southern Gothic genre. Within the Gothic genre, it is traditional that there is someone who is perceived as pure, religious or righteous. This role is typically filed by a nun, monk, or other institutionalized religious figure. This person then must go against what the reader believes them to be: honest, compassionate, religious. In O'Connor's story the Bible salesman should be right and fair, like the Book he is selling, however he commits a serious crime, stealing a personal object. So he also is used as a traditional character within the Gothic genre O'Connor is writing in.
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