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A 4 page analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People.” No additional sources cited.
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story about believing one knows all there is to know about people, and a story about realizing that being arrogant and self-righteous are not good things to possess. The following
paper examines OConnors "Good Country People." "Good Country People" by OConnor The main character of the story, the person who is arrogant and thinks she knows everything, is
the character of Joy, though she calls herself Hulga. Joy is "a large blonds girl who had an artificial leg. Mrs. Hopewell thought of her as a child though
she was thirty-two years old and highly educated" (OConnor). Joy thought of herself as very smart. She thought of herself as smarter than anyone else she knew. However, Joy
was a woman who was very unhappy because even though she felt she was very smart, she was self conscious of having a fake leg. She became educated, made herself
smart, so she could look down at others and not have to pay attention to how she was insecure about herself. Her whole life was spent telling others how wrong
they were, and how smart she was. This was her way of protecting herself. In her case arrogance was hiding her insecurities and made her appear to be a very
cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything better in her life. The
title "Good Country People," in the mind of Joy, meant people who were actually stupid. However, the reader learns that she also, deep down, felt that "Good Country People" were
also people who were honest in their simple lives. Joy did not consider herself to be "Good Country People" because she was smart and educated. But, perhaps deep down she
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