Damian Carpenter "Woman, Do You Ever Look Inside?" There are many
             themes within Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People".
             Religion is definitely one of the more prominent themes that the story holds.
             Like most of O'Connor's works, it plays a big part in the actions or
             characteristics of the main characters. This is all on the surface however. The
             more important and less accentuated theme is the various facades the
             characters create for themselves. These facades prevent them from facing
             their true "grotesque" selves. These facades also hide their weaknesses that
             they have no wish to face ort just can't understand. People must be
             comfortable with every aspect of themselves, because certain people, who in
             this story are represented by Manley Pointer's character, can easily exploit
             their weaknesses. He's "good country people" and "the salt of the earth" as
             Mrs. Hopewell refers to Manley Pointer who really is a demon that they must
             face. A demon to remind them of their weaknesses. Beginning with Mrs.
             Hopewell, the title of the story comes from what she likes to call the poorer
             and less fortunate people that live off the land and work their whole lives just to
             hang on to some scrap of a life. This is how she views these people. She
             believes that they are good country people not a bad seed among them, that
             they are all eager to help out and bow in humility to the upper class. The
             gullible nature of M...