Good Country People Character Analysis
Flannery O’Connor has written several stories. In at least two of her stories, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “Good Country People”, three of the characters have several similarities. Although they don’t have the same position in the stories, they do have several similar personality traits. Manley Pointer, The Misfit, and the grandmother all have things in common even though they are very different people. In the story “Good County People” by Flannery O’Connor, Manley Pointer is seen as an uneducated, kind, religious person. Mrs. Hopewell says, “‘Why, that looks like that nice dull young man…’ (O’Connor 19). As the story progresses, he is the exact opposite as he is perceived. He turns out to be a traveling conman who looks for interesting items and he has his eye on Joy’s wooden leg. Like the Grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, Manley Pointer is manipulative.
…show more content…
This Misfit is an escaped convict and is notoriously known for the wrong doing he has committed since he has escaped the federal prison. The Misfit is described as an older adult like the grandmother, also from the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. The Misfit, much like Manley Pointer in “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, has no remorse for what he has done. He thinks he hasn’t done anything bad enough to deserve his punishment. He says, “I can't make what I done wrong fit what I gone through in punishment." (O’Connor 10). He does say that a physiatrist tells him that he killed his father, but Misfit says that isn’t true. He tells the grandmother that he comes from a good family. But it just seems like he was the bad apple of the bunch. He compares himself to Jesus, almost as if he has no conscience for what he has done. He kills the whole family, and still shows no
This Misfit is an escaped convict and is notoriously known for the wrong doing he has committed since he has escaped the federal prison. The Misfit is described as an older adult like the grandmother, also from the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. The Misfit, much like Manley Pointer in “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, has no remorse for what he has done. He thinks he hasn’t done anything bad enough to deserve his punishment. He says, “I can't make what I done wrong fit what I gone through in punishment." (O’Connor 10). He does say that a physiatrist tells him that he killed his father, but Misfit says that isn’t true. He tells the grandmother that he comes from a good family. But it just seems like he was the bad apple of the bunch. He compares himself to Jesus, almost as if he has no conscience for what he has done. He kills the whole family, and still shows no