Things are Not Always as They Seem with Good Country People "Why that looks like the nice dull young man that tried to sell me a Bible yesterday," Mrs. Hopewell said, squinting. "He must of been trying to sell them to the Negros back in there. He was so simple," she said, "but I guess the world would be better off if we were all that simple" (145). At the end of the story, Mrs. Hopewell considers Manley Pointer "simple." Little did she know that this "simple" man had just caused Hulga
Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" has a steady demonstration of irony, much of it based on the title of the story. Ignorance is also a major issue in the work, both Ms. Freeman and Ms. Hopewell exhibit this clearly. However ironically, Hulga exhibits this with her knowledge. She takes pride in her own intellect and in her knowledge of existentialism. Hulga's existentialist ideas come crashing down because of her naïveté and lack of dependence on others. Hulga believes she is self sustained
Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" is a story told through the examination of the relationships between the four main characters. All of the characters have distinct feelings about the others, from misunderstanding to contempt. Both Joy-Hulga, the protagonist, and Manley Pointer, the antagonist, are multi-faceted characters. While all of the characters have different levels of complexity, Joy-Hulga and Manley Pointer are the deepest and the ones with the most obvious facades. The
poems detailing the tragic loss of idealism that people have encountered. A story that I will be focusing on is the “Good Country People” by Flannery’ O’ Conner,(Diyanni 172), and a poem by Emily Dickinson “After Great Pain ,Formal Feeling Come” (Diyanni 641). I will be comparing the pieces showing why I think “Good Country People is better in terms of portraying the theme losing your sense of idealism. In the short story “Good Country People” the main character’s name is Joy though we learn
the potential for conflict. The exposition may be accomplished in a single sentence or paragraph, or, in the case of some novels, occupy an entire chapter or more. Some plots require more exposition than others. A historical novel set in a foreign country several centuries ago obviously needs to provide the reader with more background information than a novel with a contemporary setting. COMPLICATION: The complication which is sometimes referred to as the rising action, breaks the existing equilibrium