Reading Response

In Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People,” there are four very different characters. Why does Mrs. Hopewell categorize Mrs. Freeman and Manley Pointer as “Good Country People?” How does Mrs. Hopewell see herself and her daughter, Joy? Do Joy and her mother, Mrs. Hopewell, have similar world views on what makes “good country people?”

In about 400 words, analyze Joy’s and Mrs. Hopewell’s world views on the concechopt of “Good Country People.”