Irony in “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor uses characterization‚ and the themes of good versus evil and the psychological and physical problems of the characters‚ to create irony in the story. The characterization of both Mrs. Hopewell and Joy/Hulga creates irony‚ which begins with their names. Then the theme of good versus evil‚ demonstrated by the belief that country people are “good”‚ also creates irony. The story is about a farm owner‚ Mrs. Hopewell‚ her only
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Flannery O’Connor short story‚ “Good Country People” tells the ironic story of two families living in the country without true devotion to any faith. One family‚ the Hopewells consist of a cliché loving mother‚ and am educated self-proclaimed atheist‚ Hulga. The other family‚ the Freemans consists of two daughter and a mother that likes to linger around the Hopewell household. Hulga however is the main focus of O’Connor’s story. Hulga‚ the reader learns has changed her name from Joy‚ to Hulga simply
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of the story “Good Country People”‚ published in 1955. O’Connor tells the story of a young girl named Hulga “Joy” Hopewell who is a well-educated girl‚ with a degree in philosophy‚ but is a very shy person and keeps to herself. Hulga is also a very misunderstood girl‚ mainly by her mother who in no way relates to Hulga. Hulga’s mother‚ Mrs. Hopewell‚ is a very self-centered person who seems to surround herself with and pity the people that she believes she is better than. Mrs. Hopewell is a judgmental
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Hulga in “Good Country People” “She looked at young men as if she could smell their stupidity” (638). This exemplifies the attitude of Hulga‚ the protagonist in “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. Hulga is a woman who has been dealt a tough hand in life‚ and lives with disabilities but still maintains a wrongly arrogant front. Hulga has chosen to believe in nothing‚ thinking that there is no purpose to life. Through her arrogant actions‚ ignorance and belief in nothing‚ Hulga is brought
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Good Country People This story starts with the portrayal of Mrs. Freeman‚ particularly about her communications with Mrs. Hopewell. She worked for Mrs. Hopewell for the past four years‚ and the two women frequently talks over breakfast in the Hopewell’s kitchen. Mrs. Hopewell take into consideration that Mrs. Freeman is very nosy‚ she always knew it‚ but she employed her and takes pride into dealing with this mischievous behavior by maintaining the daily gossip for Mrs. Freeman’s to be aware of
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Thesis In the brilliant writing of the story “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Conner‚ it shows how people tend to use clichés in ways that make it easy for them to avoid thinking or seeing clearly. O’Conner develops naïve and close-minded as the main theme that connects with the characters Hulga‚ Mrs. Hopewell‚ and Mrs. Freeman because all three characters seem intelligent ‚ but yet again can’t use their common sense in different levels. I. Hulga A. She never really grew up‚ she acts like a
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Good Country People Deception has served a lot of purposes for most individuals. There are people who intentionally mislead others to take advantage of their weaknesses and gullibility for their own personal interests. On the other hand‚ there are individuals who are‚ at some point in their lives‚ emotionally and physically scarred and choose to mask their resentful experience by retreating from one world into another world. In Flannery O’Connor’s “Good People Country‚” these forms of deceptions
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My First impression of reading “good country people” was how interesting how the narrator portrayed each characters Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Hopewell. I felt they were the most judgmental people and in my opinion Mrs. Hopewell was excessively critical with her daughter Joy. Mrs. Hopewell may portray nice‚ but she’s definitely can be negative all the time. For Instance‚ in the following Mrs. Hopewell would say “When Hulga stumped into the kitchen in the morning (she could walk without making the awful
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Gabriel García Márquez and Flannery O’Conner both demonstrate in their works‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and “Good Country People” the importance of theme. Marquez and O’Conner’s themes prove good versus evil when making judgement based on appearances. In “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” the old man who comes to the small town looks unordinary to the people living here. “After the discovery of the stranger‚ six interpretations of his significance arise within the story‚” (Slomski
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Erika Fuller “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor’s dismissal of the outside world allows you to understand more of the symbolic quality of all of the active characters. Even the names she chooses for each character help her to establish their significance in the story. O’Connor uses symbolism‚ good versus evil and the psychological and physiological problems of the characters to create irony in “Good Country People”. O’Connor also uses Biblical parallels for inspiration to depict events in
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