Flannery oconnor good country people

Short story by Flannery O'Connor

"Good Country People" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor.

It was published in 1955 in her short story collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find.

Flannery oconnor good country people

A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work. Many considered this to be one of her greatest stories.

Plot summary

Mrs. Hopewell owns a farm in rural Georgia which she runs with the assistance of her tenants, Mr.

and Mrs. Freeman. Mrs. Hopewell's daughter, Joy, is thirty-two years old and lost her leg in a childhood shooting accident. Joy is an atheist and has a Ph.D.

Flannery oconnor good country people pdf

in philosophy but seems non-sensible to her mother, and in an act of rebellion against her mother, Joy changed her name to "Hulga," the ugliest name Mrs. Hopewell can imagine.

A Bible salesman, who introduces himself as Manley Pointer, visits the family and is invited for dinner despite the Hopewells' lack of interest in purchasing Bibles.

Mrs. Hopewell believes Manley is "good coun