Flannery O' Conner is someone who depicts the title of the short story "Good Country People" by presenting these characters, and showing their true intensions as the story leads on. The main and essential characters are people who seem good on the outside at first glance but after while their true colors show you who they really are. Characters such as Mrs. Hopewell and Mrs. Freeman are just the opposite of their name and what "Good Country People" are supposed to be. Mrs. Freeman loves a person downfall and that’s what she see in Hulga, she has also been working for Mrs. Hopewell on the farm. Mrs. Hopewell is the mother Hulga and her other daughter, she doesn’t uplift her daughter like the others instead she belittlers her with reasoning. And the main antagonist is Manly pointer who comes as a wholesome bible salesman at first but later on is discovered as a conniving trickster who preys on the weak. The protagonist is Hulga because despite her good education, she still reflects on her physical appearance and bad heart as her setbacks. While they do hinder her she choose to walk blindly down the wrong path instead of upholding her faith in what she truly believes in. Life has its ups and downs we cannot let bad outweigh the good live everyday like it's your last.
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Joy is a feeling of happiness but if you're always depressed and bothered than that’s not the right feeling for you. Having change her birth name to Hulga described her personality and what she thought of herself. For example, she felt ugly because her leg, bad heart she was too self-conscious about her outward image. A name is something a person identifies with and becomes that persons own brand. When Hulga change her name from joy the symbolic meaning is her feeling insecure and hopeless because of her surrounding and past events that her to this