Good Country People Comparative Essay

Symbolism is when the author uses objects to add deeper meaning to the story without mentioning it in the story. In Flannery O’Connor’s story, “Good Country People”, she uses symbolism to illustrate the antagonist and protagonist with more insight; for example, Manley’s hollow Bible signify how he really does not believe in Christianity, Hulga’s wooden leg portrayed her personality, and her name change represents how she is not the same girl she once was. First of all, the author introduces Manley Pointer as a young man that goes around homes selling Bibles, but little did she know that was not the case. When Manley Pointer goes on a date with Hulga the truth is revealed. Hulga has the impression that Manley is a young nice man that sells Bibles

Shiftlet’s greed for his own car ultimately leads to his symbolic removal from this earth. Although he claims to be a man of God, Shiftlet marries a deaf and dumb girl in order to get her mother’s car. After leaving her at a roadside diner, he drives on, feeling like a man who has a duty to others. As a result, he picks up a boy hitchhiker who calls his mother a “pole-cat” (100). After the encounter, Shiftlet “felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him” and prayed that the Lord would “break forth and wash the slime from the earth” (102).

Readers are led to believe that Pointer is a Christian because he is going around selling Bibles. It is not until the very end of the story that readers are shown the true character of Manley Pointer. It is possible that the motive for stealing Hulga’s leg is that Mrs. Freeman hired the Bible salesman to steal the artificial leg from her. “Something about her seemed to fascinate Mrs. Freeman and then one day Hulga realized that it was the artificial leg” (O’connor 436). It is interesting that

This is shown through numerous biblical allusions in the text. The opening paragraph begins with a monologue, “I knew enough about hell to stop me from stealing. I was holy in almost every bone.” Soto acknowledges the moral impurity and “sin” that comes from stealing, and yet due to him not being entirely holy, he cannot be voided from making mistakes and being a sinner. Multiple times throughout, Soto mentions a “howling” heard underneath his house in the plumbing. Each time, he describes an angelic figure, or even God himself, to be the source of the noise.

When they leave the tavern, they see Kenny attempted to leave the truck bed and put him back in place. Kenny’s teeth are chattering and he tells Frank he’s hurting, so Frank appeases Kenny with a mantra and they start driving again. Tub realizes he left the shortcut given to them by the farmer’s wife back at the tavern, but they decide to continue. Though the snowfall lightens it only gets colder and Frank and Tub stop at the next roadhouse they see. While they’re warming up in the roadhouse, Tub confesses to Frank that his obesity is all his own fault, not hereditary, comparing his poor diet to that of a double life.

The following quote from page 6 describes the mud in great detail “Thick, black, oily, stinking mud, not the inert stuff you encounter in country lanes and scrape off your boots at the end of the day, but a sucking quagmire, God knows how many feet deep.” Barker uses that event to foreshadow the “sticky” situation Tom is about to place himself in once he reconnects with main character Danny Miller. The author uses this dramatic event, to foreshadow the series of dramatic and confusing events that make up the story’s plot. Conveying her message of the messy work that clings to being a

Rough Draft Throughout history, religion has shaped civilization. It has written and rewritten borders and caused wars. Personal belief and the consequences it brings are applicable to most conflicts, including those of the Salem witch trials. In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” religion and the church play an important role in the development of both John Proctor and Reverend Parris; Parris serves as a foal for Proctor throughout the play by contrasting his religious views, morals, and integrity, ultimately revealing Proctor’s good heart despite his mistakes. Religious beliefs are extremely influential to characters development.

In the movie Me, Myself, & Irene a man named Charlie (Jim Carrey) who was a real pushover, and a Rhode Island State Police trooper. Charlie’s neighbor’s dog would use his lawn for the bathroom and Charlie’s wife cheated on him with the vertically challenged limo driver. Charlie is an easy-going, hard-working, and helpful man. Charlie has Split Personality Disorder, and when he runs out of his medication because he put on an assignment that takes longer then he thought. His other personality is Hank who is Charlie’s hyper-aggressive alter-ego.

The further motif behind his empathy with David is that as soon as he begins to identify himself with him, David becomes the target of hatred. b) MICHAL: ‘THE ENEMY OF THE DIVINE WARRIOR’ It naturally seems right for both the reader and the author to despise Michal for the Bible also take this stance. To support this idea, Paul M. Joyce draws an analogy with a 1553 painting by Francesco Salviati, where David’s wife looks at the whole scene from on high. Looking from an upper story implies looking down on a person, in a judgmental way. This resonates with the episode in Judges 5:28 which he borrows from Choon-Leong Seow.

Some of Joyce 's main quotes that she says are “Dude”, “Savage!”, “You’ve got to be kidding me”, calling us nicknames like B, Liz, and Rach, and when she says something along the lines of “Reasonable” or “True”. Something she also does is sneeze very weirdly and she blesses herself after she sneezes. She sounds something like this: Haaaaaachhhooo-blesyu, which I find very silly. Joyce’s favorite Bible verse is James 27: Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. My character sketch I think that Joyce is an amazing friend who is always caring, understanding, and always there when you need her no matter the circumstances.