Representation of Hulga’s Leg In Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Good Country People” she introduces Joy -Hulga. Joy-Hulga is an educated and intelligent young woman who lives within an environment she doesn’t belong. Joy-Hulga feels as if she is not one of those good country people despite her education and intelligence‚ however‚ throughout the story she experiences situations that has her reconsider her life. Due to an accident when Joy-Hulga was young she now has a artificial leg‚ however
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O’Connor’s " Good Country People " is a story about the relationship between main character Joy who changes her name later and her mother Mrs. Hopewell‚ also people surrounding them. The other important characters are Mrs. Freeman who is hired by Mrs. Hopewell and Manley Pointer who deceits Joy by pretending "good country people". All four character have different personality and distinct feeling about the others‚ may be some of them are misunderstanding or completely prejudice or insult‚ scorn
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Southern Hospitality “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor is set in rural Georgia. The setting can affect what exists and doesn’t exist in a story. Also the setting controls the environment in which a story or event takes place and it can include specific information about time and place. Location can change the story in significant ways and help the reader understand the characters and the development of the story. Stories take their flavor from the time period it occurs in and in this
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in the South. Most of her stories are written in the times in which she was alive‚ so mostly the 40’s in Southern America. Her short stories give the grim and cruel aspects of Southern people that not many people think about the South. O’Connor to express her utter disgust of Southern façade’s in “Good Country People” uses symbols‚ themes‚ and use of diction in her title to dismiss typical southern stereotypes. Hulga‚ the daughter of Mrs. Hopewell‚ is everything opposite of a Southern Belle. Although
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The short story‚ “Good Country People”‚ written by Flannery O’Connor‚ is a story that captivates one by usage of symbolism and theme. The story centers on the meaning of being a good person‚ in the sense of leading a Christian‚ pious life‚ worthy of salvation. O’Connor contrasts mindless chatter about “good country people” with questions about the true meaning of religious faith. There is also a class hierarchy formed that includes stereotypes about “good country people” and literal and symbolic
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Character Meaning in Good Country People In “Good Country People‚” Flannery O’Connor uses symbolism in the choice of names‚ almost to the point of being ironic and humorous. These names center around the personality and demeanor of the characters. Hulga‚ once known as Joy‚ simply changed her name because it was the ugliest she could come up with. Mrs. Freeman’s name is ironic because she is burdened by the land that she works‚ so she is not really free. Mrs. Hopewell’s name is also ironic‚
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“Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor tells a story about a girl who lost her leg and has to live with her mother‚ and they get fooled by a con artist. The characters in the story are all female‚ with an exception of the one male‚ who is the con artist. The lives of the women in the story would be very different if they were male. Also‚ the setting of the story would be different. Writers use specific genders in their stories to tell a certain story like O’Connor did‚ and the gender he used
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O’conner did in "Good Country People." By doing this she communicated her theme that people aren’t always what them seem. The Irony of the characters and what they symbolize exaggerates the theme very well. The way the characters were developed showed their diversity in "Good Country People". Hulga had a degree in philosophy which made her believe that she was smarter than everyone else because she had learned more than they had. But in all actuality she was not‚ this was proven by the good ol’ bible salesman
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accomplishments‚ but that should not mean you look down at others because you think you are smarter or more successful. In the story “Good Country People”‚ Hulga has a P.H.D. and because of that she tends to look down on others for not being as smart as her. “Joy had made it plain that if it had not been for this condition‚ she would be far away from these red hills and good country people.
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Good Country People is currently in third person perspective; the story would be a very different in tone and characteristics if written in Hulga’s perspective. At first reading Good Country People it is from the narrator’s point of view allowing you to understand everything that is going on with out the characters forcing a bias feeling or thought towards someone else. This objective type of writing allows the reader to think more about what they feel and interpret the information their way but
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