Good Country People; An Insightful Glimpse

Throughout many of the literary works of Flannery O'Connor, one can catch the reflections of her own life spread throughout the stories and characters she creates. The themes she deals with are often ones that she struggled with in her own day to day life. O'Connor's piece, Good Country People, is no exception. One of the main characters, Joy, or Hulga as she preferred to be called, is a logical positivist only taking into account things that are right in front of her face. She feels that faith in things that cannot be explain by fact, such as God or love, are merely illusions, a weakn…