Beowulf1

A detailed Summary of Beowulf1

Flannery O'Connor uses irony in "Good Country People" to give the reader a better sense of

what she is trying to communicate to the reader, and show the meaning of her characters and their

actions. There are several ironies in the story that the reader can see in there first reading, but

there are several that need more attention. The first is Hulga's mother and people around them.

The second example is the Bible salesman, and the way he fools everyone but Mrs. Hopewell. The

last is the main character Hulga whose personality is an irony in itself. All three of these give

different examples of irony, that leaves the reader wondering about O'Connor's cleverness in

The first ironies involves Hulgas mo

The second source of irony is in the Bible salesman and the fact that he turns out to not be

ther and the people she talks about. Mrs. Hopewell

has an exceptional education, but she is still fooled by the simple Bible salesman. She also has an

such a good country person. He appears to be a simple boy spreading the word of God through

someone reads a story like this, one should be more aware of ironies in Literature

everyone's business. She then says Mrs. Freeman is a lady. Another example is when she

supposedly dying of. His whole character is an irony. He says he is a Bible salesman but, in fact, is

not even a Christian. The bible he carries around, has two sides like its owner. On its outside, it

Approximate Word count = 501
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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