Good Country People

In the short story Good Country bulk, Flannery OConnor utilizes the characters Joy Hopewell and Manley pointer to notice how believing in nothing makes a person isolated and spiritually empty. Joy Hopewell is a well-educated, thirty-two year old atheist with an artificial leg. Joys need of belief causes her to lose all the human civility and decency she has. She even changes her name to Hulga. Flannery OConnors use of the mythological Trickster persona to facek, attract, and repulse the protagonist Joy-Hulga leads to her spiritual enlightenment. Manley Pointer through the Trickster persona seeks out the Hopewells, specifically Hulga.From the beginning the Bible salesman uses the svelte and persuasive words used by the Trickster. Pointer maneuvers himself inside when he tells Mrs. Hopewell, Lady, Ive come to speak of serious things. He continues, using her own thoughts and feelings to manipulate her, obese her, I k instantly you believe in Chrustian service and People like you dont like to fool with country people like me. The Trickster knows that Mrs. Hopewell is just being polite, but he persists, taking benefit of her desire to avoid all conflict and her love of good country 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 telling her, I got this heart condition. I may not live long. When you know its well-nighthing wrong with you and you may not live long, well then, lady through with(predicate) deceit and smooth talking, Pointer guarantees hell spend the evening at the Hopewells home. The Trickster has found his way inside and can now focus on his heading Hulga. The Trickster has found his target and continues to use his mythological persona to attract Joy/Hulga. Pointer uses his silver tongue to convince disagreeable Hulga to accompany him on a picnic the next day.The con-artist tells Hulga, I think youre brave. I think youre real sweet and then later asks her, Dont you think some people was meant to meet on account of what all they got in common and all? Like they both think serious thoughts and all? Manley is establishing a union between Hulga and himself to make himself seem more attractive. Manley Pointer further personifies the mythological Trickster persona when he shows up the next day for their picnic in a broad-rimmed hat, and hes also described as very tall, Then suddenly he stood up, very tall, from behind a bush on the opposite embankment.Smiling, he lifted his hat which was new 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 bedight where the climax of the story occurs. The Trickster fools Hulga by acting innocently as he pointed up the ladder that led into the loft and said, Its too notional we cant go up there, implying that she cant do it because of her handicap, so s he quickly proves him wrong.Hulgas pride and feeling of superior intellect blind her from seeing that shes being duped by the Trickster. Flannery OConnor uses the Trickster persona to repulse the protagonist bring her to spiritual enlightenment. After Manley Pointer lures Hulga up into the loft of the barn, he becomes more demanding, using Hulgas feelings for him to manipulate her into fully grown him what he wants, he says, I known it, he muttered, sitting up. Youre just playing me for a sucker. The Trickster starts to show his true character more and more now that he has Hulga where he wants her. Manley manipulates Hulga into giving him her fake leg which symbolizes Hulga/Joys soul. As the Trickster takes Hulgas leg, he starts to bring her back into the light and give her a new start. You see it happening when Hulga says, When after a minute, she said in a hoarse high voice, All right, it was like surrendering to him completely.It was like losing her own life and finding it ov er 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, thus 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 error in her ways.