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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In Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People”‚ Hulga receives her PhD in philosophy‚ which is the highest degree‚ she could have earned in that field of study. Although Hulga has reached her prime in the systematic education system‚ O’Connor states her mother still disapproved of her degree (176). However‚ pursuing higher levels of education can positively impact the person receiving the education as well as their family. When my elder brother Terrance decided to pursue higher level education our
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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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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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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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“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is a story of an innocent family’s bad luck when they are met by The Mistfit‚ who is an escaped serial killer. The story revolves around the grandmother who is a kind hearted elderly southern woman that has the pleasure of living with her son‚ his wife and rude children. She is also a very classy woman who believe she should look her best everywhere she goes‚ simply because in an accident “anyone seeing her dead on the
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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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Thoughts on Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” The grandmother in Flannery O’Connor’s‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is a very unique character. At first glance you may think she is just a usual old fashion grandmother living in an updated world‚ which is true‚ but there is more to her than meets the eye. The grandmother has a very different view on the world from the rest of her family that she lives with. She believes everything should be the same as it was when she grew up‚ so
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In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” neither The Misfit‚ nor the Grandmother seem to feel sympathetic. The Misfit goes around and kills innocent people for what seems like no reason while the grandmother causes the death of her entire family and seems to feel no remorse until her life is on the line. The grandmother spends a lot of the story trying to appeal to The Misfits sympathies so when he shoots her “three times through the chest” (O’Connor) this proves that he does not have
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Is There a Good Man or Good Woman? If a person is manipulative and their actions are paid for with people’s lives‚ would they be considered good? In the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor the grandmother shows qualities that ask that question. Three reasons why are the following‚ she is manipulative‚ selfish‚ and fake. There is no good man or good woman in this story. The grandmother manipulates her son into going to an old plantation that she visited when she was young.
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