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University began the first quarter with a 10-3 run. But the Blue Devils quickly responded with a 11-6 run of their own. BU own Alex Klein had six points for the first quarter, meanwhile CCSU Andi Lydon had five points of her own, including a three-pointer. The Blue Devils went into the second quarter trialing 16-14. The second quarter didn’t fare any better for the Blue Devils as they went cold. BU began the quarter scoring…

Hopewell’s beliefs disgusts Hulga who has professed to believe in nothing. Besides Hulga, Manly Pointer the bible salesman is the second biggest example irony in “Good Country People”. The reader would first presume that this man is the very definition of good country people; he turned out to be the complete opposite. Every presumption that one could have about a typical bible sales man, Manley Pointer was the opposite. The bible that he carried himself turned out to be nothing but a hiding…

it. Joy on the other hand is a miserable and stubborn person, which is very ironic that she is named Joy. She eventually changed her name to Hulga which to her was “the ugliest name Mrs. Hopewell could imagine”. Mrs. Hopewell then invites Manley Pointer, a bible salesman, over…

It is a very known fact the we as people are completely divided on the topic that there are good in the bad and bad in the good. In the short story “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor, she illustrates that while some may be cold hearted and mean they still have some good and vulnerability within. She also uses the names of the characters as a sort of symbolism for readers to understand them even more. In the story Good Country People, O’Conner introduces readers to Mrs. Hopewell. She is…

In “Good Country People” Manley Pointer is a con artist who disguises himself as a Bible salesman to rob unsuspecting country folk and the disabled. Pointer uses simple persuasion to convince others to buy his “Bibles” such as “I see you have no family Bible in your parlor, I see that is the one lack you got!” (O’Connor, “Good Country People”…

Flannery O’ Connor’s “Good country people” is certainly a southern gothic for numerous reasons. The characters in this story were eerie in a subtle way, none being above the man named Manley Pointer. Two characters that seemed disturbed are Mrs. Freeman and Joy, who legally changed her name to Hulga. Many of the depicted topics are unpleasant, such as the loss of a limb or keeping track of vomiting. This text provides macabre histories of many characters, most of them have some tragic event in…

writing. A Character is a person, or in some cases an animal, who takes part in the action of the story. The "good country people" O'Connor speaks of are Mrs. Hopewell, her daughter Hulga Hopewell, servant Mrs. Freeman, and bible salesman Manly Pointer, each character represents a unique means for trying to reconcile the conflicting expectations of life in the American South. By naming the characters with names which practically expose their approach and meaning in society at large, the…

beautiful most of the time. But visible light can also be dangerous, if used in irresponsible ways. A tool most people don’t think of as being dangerous is a laser pointer. Laser pointer’s lights are not found in nature, they are artificial. The light is made by a battery which powers a small diode. The diode is a small machine in laser pointers with When it is dark outside, your eyes become wider, as to let in more light. Your eyes act like a lense, letting in how much light they want to let…

Flannery O’Conner’s stories explain a lot when it comes to the human mind and violence. Our personalities shift and even break through when we experience something jolting. Violence can return a person to reality, because violence makes life real. Violence breaks us out of our seemingly normal day to day lives and puts reality into perspective. Violence shows us who we are, because we least expect it. Nobody knows how they will react when something happens. We either embrace the situation and…

Southern writer in “Good Country People.” Scholars mostly use the characters, Joy-Hulga who has only one leg and many personal problems, her mother, Mrs. Hopewell who wants her daughter to be what society expects of her, and the Bible salesman, Manley Pointer, a character that appears to be someone he 's not, to argue their stance on this short story. Three specific scholarly articles notice the mother-daughter relationship presented in the story, the similarities between the story and…