As in many of Flannery O'Connor's stories, "Good Country People" has no real hero and no character is particularly admirable. Mrs. Freeman, who is the first person introduced in the story, has many flaws, among which is that she is "the nosiest woman ever to walk the earth." Her macabre interest in the accident that took Joy's leg is another quality that is less than admirable. Hulga/Joy is proud, pessimistic, rude, and perverse. Manley...
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