Thematic Analysis Of 'Good Country People By Flannery O' Connor

Good Country People: Analysis “Good Country People" is a incredible short story written by Flannery O’Connor back in 1955. Her story is apart of A Good Man Is Hard to Find. O’Connor seemed to use a lot of religious themes within her works due to being a Roman Catholic. Mrs. Hopewell owns a farm in Georgia, which is ran by her renters Mr. Freeman, and Mrs. Freeman. Mrs. Hopewell's has a daughter named Joy, also known as Hulga. She is thirty-two years old but when she was just ten years old she lost her leg in a hunting accident. She now has a wooden leg. Joy does not believe in God, making her an atheist and she has her Ph.D. Joy changed her name to "Hulga," the grossest name Joy can conceive, according to Mrs., Hopewell. So as the story goes on, a Bible salesman, named Manley Pointer shows up and is invited for dinner by the family even though the Hopewell’s have no interests in bibles since Joy is atheist.. Mrs. Hopewell thinks that Manley is considered to be "good country people." When leaving the home, Manley asks Joy for a picnic date the next evening, and she says yes. During the date, Manley and Hulga head up to the barn loft where he induces her to disconnect her wooden leg and then he

For example, Mrs. Hopewell see’s her people as either “good country people” or “trash”. She also thinks that she is above both of those. Hulga, who shares some of the same views, is in a state of identity crisis because of her serious health issue. Due to the way Mrs. Hopewell and her daughter throw around opinions of people, they are truly blinded by the real identities of the people they come in contact with. When Bible salesman Manley Pointer encounters them, Hulga learns that there is more to good country people than she ever thought before, and as a result, her own identity is fiercely challenged, as well as Mrs. Hopewell, who thinks he is a “good country