Flannery O 'Connor gives the short story “Good Country People” many scenes that arise questions from authors all over the world. But my question comes from the particular relationship that Mrs. Hopewell and Hulga share. Mrs. Hopewell’s hypocritical ways play a great role in my question. Did Mrs. Hopewell’s actions affect Hulga? From the story the reader can see that Hulga carries herself around with a prosthetic leg. Hulga is always finding ways to annoy her mother and portray herself as this sophisticated knowledgeable person. Mrs. Hopewell attempts to teach Hulga values that she does not abide by herself. Hulga even states “Woman! Do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside into what you are not!” (O 'Connor 1343). In the same way,
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When Hulga allows Manley to remove her prosthetic leg, the actions links to a typical Christian experience. Hulga explains in the story "it was like surrendering to him completely. It was like losing her own life and finding it again, miraculously, in his" (O’Connor 191). It is ironic that a mother, Mrs. Hopewell, teaches her daughter values that the mother herself does not abide. Neither woman believes in the values that Mrs. Hopewell professes. The reader sees the relationship between mother and daughter and how their lives affect and contradict one another. The same way the reader can see how Mrs. Hopewell 's actions play a great role in Hulgas incident. Rachel Pietka expresses her thoughts on Hulga and Mrs Hopewell. Pietka argues that it was Hulgas destiny to go through salvation and Mrs. Hopewell 's actions contributed to the experience. Pietka states “Mrs. Hopewell 's usage of this phrase maintains that good country people are indispensable, though her need of them is not based on a religious deficiency, but a desire for morality.” Mrs. Hopewell herself does not use her clichés to express her religion but simply express her desires of the world’s morals. The reader can see how Mrs Hopewell affects Hulga and how Hulga reacts to her …show more content…
Her connection to Maggie was through the physical disabilities that both endured. Alice Walker was shot in the eye with a BB gun as a little girl. This caused a disfigurement that haunted her. It was not until she attended college that this disfigurement was corrected. Maggie, on the other hand, was severely burned in a house fire. Maggie never overcomes the feeling of shame and homeliness she endures from the burn scars that cover her arms and legs. Walker’s connection to Dee, another character, was that both women attended college. Even though Walker was limited with her physical appearance, she was still able to go to go to college, an accomplishment Dee also was able to manage.When it comes to Momma Johnson’s similar resemblance with Walker, there is a very critical connection between how each makes a decision that impacts each of their lives. Walker, like Momma Johnson, can see both sides of an argument; however, Walker tends to be more lenient when developing opposing characters’ viewpoints. The way that Alice Walker writes, using the African American vernacular, distributes her stories come to a “womanist” sense, which interpreted means that her women that she portrays in her stories are strong, independent women who manage to make it through the roughest times
When Hulga allows Manley to remove her prosthetic leg, the actions links to a typical Christian experience. Hulga explains in the story "it was like surrendering to him completely. It was like losing her own life and finding it again, miraculously, in his" (O’Connor 191). It is ironic that a mother, Mrs. Hopewell, teaches her daughter values that the mother herself does not abide. Neither woman believes in the values that Mrs. Hopewell professes. The reader sees the relationship between mother and daughter and how their lives affect and contradict one another. The same way the reader can see how Mrs. Hopewell 's actions play a great role in Hulgas incident. Rachel Pietka expresses her thoughts on Hulga and Mrs Hopewell. Pietka argues that it was Hulgas destiny to go through salvation and Mrs. Hopewell 's actions contributed to the experience. Pietka states “Mrs. Hopewell 's usage of this phrase maintains that good country people are indispensable, though her need of them is not based on a religious deficiency, but a desire for morality.” Mrs. Hopewell herself does not use her clichés to express her religion but simply express her desires of the world’s morals. The reader can see how Mrs Hopewell affects Hulga and how Hulga reacts to her …show more content…
Her connection to Maggie was through the physical disabilities that both endured. Alice Walker was shot in the eye with a BB gun as a little girl. This caused a disfigurement that haunted her. It was not until she attended college that this disfigurement was corrected. Maggie, on the other hand, was severely burned in a house fire. Maggie never overcomes the feeling of shame and homeliness she endures from the burn scars that cover her arms and legs. Walker’s connection to Dee, another character, was that both women attended college. Even though Walker was limited with her physical appearance, she was still able to go to go to college, an accomplishment Dee also was able to manage.When it comes to Momma Johnson’s similar resemblance with Walker, there is a very critical connection between how each makes a decision that impacts each of their lives. Walker, like Momma Johnson, can see both sides of an argument; however, Walker tends to be more lenient when developing opposing characters’ viewpoints. The way that Alice Walker writes, using the African American vernacular, distributes her stories come to a “womanist” sense, which interpreted means that her women that she portrays in her stories are strong, independent women who manage to make it through the roughest times