William Sanders
English III Honors – 1
Mrs. Greenho
16 October 2015
The collectionof short stories and the depiction of the characters in them affect our understanding of humanity, isolation, and betrayal through their actions, ideas, and personalities. Isolation can be beneficial or detrimental depending on people’s circumstances. For example, temporary isolation can help people calm down and gather their thoughts. However, a more permanent isolation can blind you to someone’s true characteristics. Isolation is used in the short story “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor to show that when people isolate themselves from society they are blinded to its evils, as seen in Joys encounter with Manley Pointer the bible salesman.
The story “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor shows isolation and its …show more content…
Her decision to change her “legal name” (O’Connor 39) to Hulga shows how she feels about herself. This isolates her further from the “good country people” (O’Connor 37) surrounding her mother who associates the new name "Hulga" with a "broad blank battleship" (O'Connor 39). Joy (Hulga) chooses to make her entire personality match the way she feels others perceive her "artificial leg" (O'Connor 37) and it's "awful noise" (O'Connor 40) that she makes on purpose. Her belief that she is superior to the "good country people" (O'Connor 37) makes her want to prove her superiority to herself by controlling Manley Pointer. Their meeting in the barn leaves Joy (Hulga) feeling vulnerable without her leg. This encounter snaps her out of just looking at things from the point of a philosopher and allows her to be more alive instead of just a smart person who doesn’t really have any experience.
The short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson shows the effects of isolation on humanity through Jane's identity. Jane confined in a mansion to help cure a "nervous
English III Honors – 1
Mrs. Greenho
16 October 2015
The collectionof short stories and the depiction of the characters in them affect our understanding of humanity, isolation, and betrayal through their actions, ideas, and personalities. Isolation can be beneficial or detrimental depending on people’s circumstances. For example, temporary isolation can help people calm down and gather their thoughts. However, a more permanent isolation can blind you to someone’s true characteristics. Isolation is used in the short story “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor to show that when people isolate themselves from society they are blinded to its evils, as seen in Joys encounter with Manley Pointer the bible salesman.
The story “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor shows isolation and its …show more content…
Her decision to change her “legal name” (O’Connor 39) to Hulga shows how she feels about herself. This isolates her further from the “good country people” (O’Connor 37) surrounding her mother who associates the new name "Hulga" with a "broad blank battleship" (O'Connor 39). Joy (Hulga) chooses to make her entire personality match the way she feels others perceive her "artificial leg" (O'Connor 37) and it's "awful noise" (O'Connor 40) that she makes on purpose. Her belief that she is superior to the "good country people" (O'Connor 37) makes her want to prove her superiority to herself by controlling Manley Pointer. Their meeting in the barn leaves Joy (Hulga) feeling vulnerable without her leg. This encounter snaps her out of just looking at things from the point of a philosopher and allows her to be more alive instead of just a smart person who doesn’t really have any experience.
The short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson shows the effects of isolation on humanity through Jane's identity. Jane confined in a mansion to help cure a "nervous