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A 3 page paper which discusses how the character of Joy, in Flannery O’Connor’s Good Country People, and Yank, in Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape, perceive themselves in society. No additional sources cited.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Perception of Self: Good Country People
and The Hairy Ape Research Compiled for by J.A. Rodgers, July 2010 To Use This Paper Properly, Please Visit
/aftersale.htm Introduction In a great deal of literature the reader is presented with people who are struggling in their particular society. They want to be like everyone else in
some cases, and in others they are trying to find their own identity outside of the constraints of society. Whatever the case society often dictates how people should be, or
how they should behave, and this often conflicts with various characters. The following paper examines the character of Joy in Good Country People by Flannery OConnor and the character of
Yank in The Hairy Ape by Eugene ONeill. The characters are examined in relationship to their perception of self as it was shaped, or not shaped, by the social norm.
Perception of Self: Good Country People and The Hairy Ape In both stories the characters are not like everyone else in many ways. Joy is a young woman
who is well educated but yet is missing a leg, something she is very conscious about. In the case of Yank he is a man who, in the beginning, felt
he was something worthy of many things but then discovered that most people in outside society saw him as little more than an animal.
They are both outsiders in these regards. Joy, however, seems to outwardly claim she does not want to be part of society for she was different and felt
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