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What religious values are in "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Who does O'Connor admire and satirize in "Good Country People"?

In "Good Country People," Flannery O'Connor satirizes certain qualities in human nature such as pretension, and she admires "a sense of being" achieved through a redemptive experience. "Foolishness of intellectual pretensions" Joy, the daughter of Mrs. Hopewell who changes her name to Hulga because it is ugly and suggests her rejection of everything connected to what her mother believes in, perceives her name as "her highest creative...

why does hulga agree to meet with Manley Pointer? Does her experience with him confirm her philosophy on "nothing"? Explain.

What is the conclusion of "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Flannery O’Connor’s story “Good Country People” features an examination of religious views and interesting characters. O’Connor approaches her writing knowing that she will shock her readers. Her strong religious views offer her characters “a moment of grace.” She also writes for those who have "something" in their lives that hold them back from being full participants in society. Summary Joy-Hulga, a 32 year old atheist with a...

Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People" examines human nature and blind acceptance (based upon one's similarities with another's ideology). Short stories are broken down into five distinct parts: Introduction/Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action/Denoument, and Conclusion/Resolution. The conclusion is the part of the story which, typically, wraps of the story and offers closure for the characters and the readers. The...

Flannery O’Connor lived in and wrote about the south. Most of her stories have themes of religion, race, and class. In “Good Country People,” religion comes to the forefront. As the story progresses, three different views of religion wage a battle for which there is no clear winner: the sinful Christian, the hypocrite; and the atheist. The sinful Christian Mrs. Hopewell brandishes her religion to place herself as a judge of people as...

.“Good Country People” has a motley crew of characters and points of view. Flanner O’Connor’s central theme focuses around these characters that react to the topic of God in different ways. In this story, Hulga Hopewell represents the view that there is no God. Hulga’s mother tries to draw close to God but does not seem to know how. Regardless, every character acknowledges God in some way. The Bible seller Manley Pointer seems...

In "Good Country People", why does Joy feel that changing her name to Hulga is her highest creative act?

What religious values are in "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Who does O'Connor admire and satirize in "Good Country People"?

Why does Hulga agree to meet with Manley Pointer? What does this say about Hulga's philosophy?

What religious values are in "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Who does O'Connor admire and satirize in "Good Country People"?

Why does Hulga agree to meet with Manley Pointer? What does this say about Hulga's philosophy?

What is the conclusion of "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Does the story have any admirable characters or heroes in the conventional sense? Explain.

No, because all the characters are seen to be odd in some way. For example Joy is seen to be very rude and awkward and endowed with a monstrous intellect at the expense of feeling, and given to strange behaviour such as officially changing her name to Hulga, which leaves her mother quite at a loss. Mrs Freeman's main interest in life seems to be the discussion of other people's ailments, and so on. The more peculiar qualities of the...

Summarize the story of "Good Country People" by Flannery o'Connor.

What religious values are in "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Who does O'Connor admire and satirize in "Good Country People"?

In "Good Country People," Flannery O'Connor satirizes certain qualities...

why does hulga agree to meet with Manley Pointer? Does her experience...

What is the conclusion of "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Flannery O’Connor’s story “Good Country People” features an...

Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People" examines human...

Flannery O’Connor lived in and wrote about the south. Most of her...

.“Good Country People” has a motley crew of characters and points of...

In "Good Country People", why does Joy feel that changing her name to...

What religious values are in "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Who does O'Connor admire and satirize in "Good Country People"?

Why does Hulga agree to meet with Manley Pointer? What does this say...

What religious values are in "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Who does O'Connor admire and satirize in "Good Country People"?

Why does Hulga agree to meet with Manley Pointer? What does this say...

What is the conclusion of "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor?

Does the story have any admirable characters or heroes in the...

No, because all the characters are seen to be odd in some way. For...

Summarize the story of "Good Country People" by Flannery o'Connor.