Good Country People

In the short fable Good Country People, Flannery OConnor utilizes the characters delight Hopewell and Manley arrow to expose how believing in nothing makes a person set-apart and spiritu solelyy empty. Joy Hopewell is a well-educated, cardinal year old atheist with an false leg. Joys lack of belief causes her to lose whole the world civility and decency she has. She even changes her design to Hulga. Flannery OConnors use of the fabulous Trickster share to seek, attract, and repulse the protagonist Joy-Hulga leads to her spectral enlightenment. Manley arrow through the Trickster double seeks out the Hopewells, specific aloney Hulga.From the beginning the Bible salesman uses the urbane and persuasive words used by the Trickster. arrow maneuvers himself inside when he tells Mrs. Hopewell, Lady, Ive come to speak of solemn things. He continues, utilize her own thoughts and hints to dodge her, coition her, I k instanter you believe in Chrustian service and People lik e you forefathert like to fool with solid ground people like me. The Trickster knows that Mrs. Hopewell is moreover being polite, but he persists, taking advantage of her desire to avoid all conflict and her love of good realm people. Manley craftily gets himself invited to dinner out of sympathy.Knowing that Joy-Hulga has a heart condition, the Trickster deceives Mrs. Hopewell by tell her, I got this heart condition. I whitethorn not kick the bucket long. When you know its nearthing wrong with you and you may not live long, well then, lady Through double-dealing and smooth talking, pointer guarantees hell spend the eventide at the Hopewells home. The Trickster has run aground his agency inside and back end now counseling on his target Hulga. The Trickster has found his target and continues to use his mythological trope to attract Joy/Hulga. Pointer uses his specie tongue to convince disagreeable Hulga to ensue him on a picnic the nigh twenty-four hour period.T he con-artist tells Hulga, I hazard youre brave. I think youre real sweet and then later on asks her, Dont you think some people was meant to meet on key of what all they got in common and all? Like they both think serious thoughts and all? Manley is establishing a connection amidst Hulga and himself to make himself seem more attractive. Manley Pointer further personifies the mythological Trickster use when he shows up the next day for their picnic in a broad-rimmed hat, and hes as well as described as very tall, and so suddenly he stood up, very tall, from stinker a bush on the reversal embankment.Smiling, he lifted his hat which was radical and wide-brimmed. These are two physical traits of the mythological Trickster persona. As they reach the barn, Pointer tricks Hulga and baits her into climbing up to the second ball over where the climax of the story occurs. The Trickster fools Hulga by acting innocently as he pointed up the ladder that led into the noodle and sai d, Its too bad we cant go up there, implying that she cant do it because of her handicap, so she quickly proves him wrong.Hulgas pride and feeling of superior intellect blind her from comprehend that shes being duped by the Trickster. Flannery OConnor uses the Trickster persona to repulse the protagonist bringing her to spiritual enlightenment. After Manley Pointer lures Hulga up into the store of the barn, he becomes more demanding, using Hulgas feelings for him to manipulate her into giving him what he wants, he says, I know it, he muttered, sitting up. Youre just acting me for a sucker. The Trickster starts to show his rightful(a) character more and more now that he has Hulga where he wants her. Manley manipulates Hulga into giving him her sour leg which symbolizes Hulga/Joys soul. As the Trickster takes Hulgas leg, he starts to bring her back into the light and hold up her a new start. You see it casualty when Hulga says, When after a minute, she said in a hoarse high vo ice, each right, it was like surrendering to him completely.It was like losing her own smell and finding it again , miraculously, in his. Pointer takes Hulgas leg and leaves her there stranded in the loft to ponder her new spiritual enlightenment. Flannery OConnor uses the Trickster persona to seek, attract, and repulse the protagonist, olibanum bringing her new enlightenment on her life. Hulga/Joy had lost all human civility and decency in her life using her intellect as an excuse. As Hulga sits in the loft, she is finally forced to realize the flaw in her ways.