Intellect versus Lack of Faith Some of our differences may lead to controversy, such as the popular topic: why there is life on Earth. However, we are not born with opinions or beliefs, we develop these concepts as we mature. A belief that is booming within our youth today is Atheism. To be an Atheist you are in a state of questioning whether God is real or a myth. There are numerous reasons as to why someone would disbelieve in God, such as, science over ruling religious beliefs, traumatic situations
be so heavily embodied that the person begins to believe it themselves, falsely. Flannery O’Conner’s Good Country People shows an element of this through the main character, Hulga. Hulga believes that she is superior to others, or at least to those she must see on a daily basis, and wants to believe in nothing. She lacks faith in God and anything outside of the concrete world. Hulga’s name had originally been Joy, until she had it legally changed at age twenty-one. Her mother, Mrs. Hopewell, “was
while their presence of faith that there is good in people gets them into the horrible situations that they find themselves in. She uses some of the same aspects in both stories in very different ways. The characters are a big part of her stories, the conflicts that arise in the story, and the symbolism that is used. This paper will explore how faith can lead
Hulga’s views on life that she wishes she possessed—a worldview that “truly” embraces the void of the Real. Hulga’s complete rejection of religious zeal accompanied by Mrs. Hopewell and Mrs. Freeman’s abundant acceptance of doctrine are what serve to propel Hulga into this tragic-comedic outcome. All the characters’ blindness served as steps upon which the character with no morality could trample upon Hulga’s joy altogether. She thought she had done so by changing her name; however, Pointer shows
hidden truth for an ultimate change. It so happened that when contemporary literary criticism hoisted objections to the grotesque nature of her fiction, faulting her lack of tenderness or compassion, O’Connor reminded them of her being incredibly judgemental God – a God who recognizes sin as such. She says that if one believes in Faith at all, sees it as something which can be a device of instant upliftment, then it is through compassion. But then by bestowing pity, one loses moral vision much to the