Good Country People
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Themes
All Themes Class, Identity, and Superiority Appearances and Realities Authentic Faith and Vulnerability Disease and Disability Hypocrisy
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Characters
All Characters Hulga Hopewell (Joy) Mrs. Hopewell Mrs. Freeman The Bible Salesman Carramae and Glynese Freeman –
Symbols
All Symbols The Artificial Leg The Bible Salesman’s Valise
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Genre Hyperbole Idioms Irony Mood Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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Good Country People

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Flannery O’Connor

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Class, Identity, and Superiority Theme Icon
    Class, Identity, and Superiority
  • Appearances and Realities Theme Icon
    Appearances and Realities
  • Authentic Faith and Vulnerability Theme Icon
    Authentic Faith and Vulnerability
  • Disease and Disability Theme Icon
    Disease and Disability
  • Hypocrisy Theme Icon
    Hypocrisy
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Hulga Hopewell (Joy)
  • Mrs. Hopewell
  • Mrs. Freeman
  • The Bible Salesman
  • Carramae and Glynese Freeman –
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • The Artificial Leg Symbol Icon
    The Artificial Leg
  • The Bible Salesman’s Valise Symbol Icon
    The Bible Salesman’s Valise
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Allusions
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Idioms
  • Irony
  • Mood
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
  • Verbal Irony
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Glasserman, Ethan. "Good Country People." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 20 Jan 2016. Web. 13 Jul 2025.


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Glasserman, Ethan. "Good Country People." LitCharts LLC, January 20, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2025. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/good-country-people.

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