the analysis of good country people 浅析“好人难寻”.docVIP

The analysis of “Good country people” “Good country people” is written by Flannery O’Connor, American writer. It is a short story and tells us Joy/Hulga Hopewell and how her wooden leg was stolen by a Bible salesman named Manley Pointer. Firstly, I feel very sorry for Hulga because nobody understands her even her mother. “When Mrs. Hopewell thought the name, Hulga, she thought of the broad blank hull of a battleship. She would not use it. She continued to call her Joy to which the girl responded but in a purely mechanical way.” Mrs. Hopewell doesn’t call her daughter Hulga represents that she doesn’t accept her today’s daughter. Mrs. Hopewell still regards her daughter as a child. And Hulga thinks the PhD as her pride but her mother doesn’t want to tell other people her daughter is a philosopher. So Hulga feels sore and lonely. At this time, the Bible salesman appears. He tells lie that he has heart disease and he pretends that he understands Hulga. He says to Hulga that “I think you’re real brave. I think you’re real sweet,” “I only meant you’re so brave and all. I guess God takes care of you.” Maybe he is the first man say this kind of word to her. She is been moved and easily trusts him. Then she gradually falls into his trap. At this process, the sales man makes use of Hulga’s so-called pride and sense of self-esteem. That is when they arrived at a large two-story barn, “the boy pointed up the ladder that led into the loft and said, ‘it’s too bad we can’t go up there.’” He deliberately says that to lead Hulga into his trap. Then finally he steals the artificial leg successfully. Secondly, we will analyze characters in this story. Mrs. Hopewell, a divorced woman who runs a farm is the eternally helpful and kind character. “Every morning Mrs. Hopewell got up at seven o’clock and lit her gas heater and Joy’s.” Joy is Mrs. Hopewell’s daughter. She is characterized throughout the story as an ungrateful, childish adult with a bad temperament. She is al