Good Country People

In the countryside of the Kingdom of George, Mrs Hopewell runs her family farm with the help of Mr. Freeman of the tenant and his wife. Mrs. Hopewell's daughter Joey was shot dead when he was a child as a child, and now he lives with his mother at home. Joey, 33, has a doctorate but she does not seem to have much common sense. In a rebellious act, she changed her name to fullga, and she was angry with her mother and her wife Freeman.

A Bible salesman walked to the door, arguing that his name was Manly Pointer (!) And managed somehow for dinner invitation. He and Fulgah dated to do a picnic the next day. That night, Fulga imagined with her excellent thought and education that she would control her to seduce him.

But the next day, when they enter the barn loft, Manly convinced her to take off his glasses and then put the wooden legs in a suitcase and place themselves between the band "Bible" It was. Wine box and porn card. When Manly left Hulga without her prosthetic limb he told her he had collected prosthetic limbs from the disabled. She was shocked by noticing that he was not a "nice guy".

In this grotesque story, O'Connor developed several themes. We saw that Fulga has never really grown up. Her performance seemed to be a rebellious teenager, trampled the house, struck the door, accused her mother from wearing a stupid dirty old dress and denim shirt. We also witness that she is proud of her wisdom and dominates existentialism. It collapses when she is easy to be cheated and easily manipulated by a young "Bible Salesman".

She denies that God exists, but in reality Fulga may do some kind of spiritual search. She was deceived by Manley and made me think he was a simple religious country. But Manly is more secular than Helga, he fascinates her. And she was sitting alone in the attic of the hay without wearing glasses (he did not see it anyway), and she did not have the feet of her tree. The highlight of this story shows how people tend to use cliche to make it easier for people to avoid thinking or seeing clearly.

FLANNERY O'CONNOR (1955) made an unforgettable contribution to her story using GROTESQUE. People in that country are kind, inevitable, and easy. The story is in Georgia, there are three women and one Bible salesman. As with the majority of O'Connor's story, unconscious third-party talkers are familiar with these noteworthy special characters, so hints for comics (see COMEDY) to appeal to readers, or Rather infuses black humor. Mrs Hopewell is the founder of the idea of ​​"people of good nation", his argument is the same as "having a nice person".

Facts about colleagues of American short story document, 2nd edition (literary series companion)

"Good Country People" is a rather complicated story, a simple story (you guessed it). First, two women, Mrs. Freeman and his wife Hopewell, discussed their children. Mrs. Freeman works for Mrs Hopewell, has two daughters, one married to one child on the way and the other herself. Mrs Hopewell has a daughter, Joey, who renamed himself as Hull to make him more attractive. Fulga is a woman with a bad heart and wooden legs. Nonetheless, Mrs. Hopewell and Mrs. Freeman are making subtle competition to succeed in raising their daughters to fine people and hidden people.

I think that the character of "Good Country People" is not a hero. Mrs Hopewell is delusive and relies on a wide range of stereotypes to divide people into different categories. She judged that Manley was "a national guy" and turned his attention to his danger to his daughter. Fulga believes that her advanced degree will make her higher than others, and she believes she has the advantage in any exchanges with "people of good country". Manly is a liar and a mentally disabled person. None of these characters show something close to a heroic temperament