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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Value of college People should go to college because you can get more money in the end. My reasons for this is you get more money in the end‚ you have a less chance to be obese‚ and you can get better benefits from your job. Now i will explain my reasons for putting these reasons. Going to college you can get more money. You can get more money because you can have a better education and better jobs will want hire you. Those better jobs will hire you because you know more and you can do your job
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Different points of view make life interesting. Today’s society is crawling with copious amounts of individualistic personalities. We have such a broad spectrum of opinions and beliefs because we are so much more wide spread than previous years. People are more out-going‚ more liberal‚ more independent‚ and generally more unreserved and outspoken. Different viewpoints‚ opinions and beliefs enrich our lives by creating a more colorful and complex world. Could you imagine a world without opinion
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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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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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theme I found to be constant in “The fear of losing a culture” is the idea that the Latin culture will not disappear as Latin people immigrate to the United States. Essentially‚ Latin culture will form a synthesis with North American culture. I had an interesting experience trying to figure out what other poem or story would share a similar theme with this one. My choice is the poem titled “Go Down Moses”. The reason why I chose the poem “Go Down Moses” is because of the symbolism I found to share
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What was your culture 30 years ago? Was it the same or did it change over time? Anzaldua described her community to be a Hispanic one. Adults judged her on how she talked spanish and she felt left out. Wideman described his community to be an African-American one where you grew up in a tough neighborhood. In his neighborhood doing something bad meant good.. For example‚ a person making money to feed his family by selling drugs or doing other illegal activities. Me and Jennifer’s discourse community
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Introduction A car‚ for most people‚ is simply a mode of transportation. But for people like my dad a car is something that needs to be treated like a new born baby. Growing up I was always told never to touch our cars‚ or any car for that matter. My close friends were also taught never to touch our cars. Almost every weekend my dad would go to a car show‚ and whenever he could he would bring me along. I grew up with a Car Guy‚ he would spend hours working on his car‚ a full day walking around a
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the personal computer revolution. And he is chief of executive officer of Apple Inc. The Apple Company is a big company and every countries has branch. Every people like Apple. IOS is apple’s mobile operating system. Originally developed for the Iphone‚ it has since been extended to support other apple‚ Inc. The Steve Jobs owned with other people Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world terms of revenue. Steve Jobs worked in Apple Inc about
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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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