Boundary Between Reality And Illusion In Good Country People

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The boundary between reality and illusion is often blurry; and many individuals choosing to reject the unpleasant aspects of their lives, detach themselves and live in a world of their own creation. In “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, his character hides behind the fact that what she believes is far from the forespoken truth. In Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” Jing-mei Woo’s mother has high hopes for her daughters talents, but is not sure what talents she possesses. In reality, when someone loves you, the way they talk to you is different. Which was the case with Joy Hulga in “Good Country People” where she felt safe and comfortable with Manley Pointer. The boundary between reality and illusion is often blurry, which has a negative impact on people’s lives and leaves them in a state of shock when that boundary is broken.…show more content…
“Sometimes she went for walks but she didn’t like dogs or cats or birds or flowers or nature or nice young men. She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity” (O’Connor). Hulga believed in the fact that all men were stupid, which led to her not being able to realize when a man was actually caring for her. The quote “During the night she had imagined that she seduced him” (O’Connor) ties later into the story of an illusion where she believes she seduced him, “She had seduced him without even making up her mind to try” (O’Connor). The illusion Hulga has of seducing Manley Pointer is actually Manley Pointer seducing her but because of the fact that she is so lost in a “world” of where she takes control of everything that goes

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