{"id":32314,"date":"2024-09-10T20:41:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/flannery-oconnors-good-country-people-the-central-question-and-thesis-prompt-is-the-following-how-does-manley-pointer-manage-to-gain-power-over-joy-and-to-reveal-the-fals\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:41:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:41:39","slug":"flannery-oconnors-good-country-people-the-central-question-and-thesis-prompt-is-the-following-how-does-manley-pointer-manage-to-gain-power-over-joy-and-to-reveal-the-fals","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/flannery-oconnors-good-country-people-the-central-question-and-thesis-prompt-is-the-following-how-does-manley-pointer-manage-to-gain-power-over-joy-and-to-reveal-the-fals\/","title":{"rendered":"Flannery O\u2019Connor\u2019s \u201cGood Country People The central question (and thesis prompt) is the following: How does Manley Pointer manage to gain power over Joy and to reveal the falsity of her self image? What truth is revealed about Joy in the end?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Page minimum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">: 3 \u00bd pp; MLA formatting<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Reminders:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please remember to write not just \u201cfor the teacher,\u201d but for a general audience of educated readers who have not necessarily read the text you are analyzing. Provide useful background on the setting and plot \/ characters in your introduction. Provide solid groundwork and context for your thesis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Make sure that your thesis makes a specific<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">interpretive claim<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(something worth defending). Avoid vague statements of purpose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be sure that each of your body paragraphs opens with a strong<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">topic sentence<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>stating the main idea that the paragraph will<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">prove<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>or<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">illustrate<\/i>. Do not begin paragraphs with quotes or with plain statements of fact.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Don\u2019t forget to give your essay a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">thematic<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>title, and to number your pages properly. Eliminate extra spacing between body paragraphs by going into the \u201cParagraph\u201d menu and making sure that the \u201cAfter\u201d setting is at 0. Double-space everything throughout your essay. Do not add extra spacing above or below the title.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please select&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">just one<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the topics below.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be sure that in the body paragraphs of your essay(s) you use quotations (brief) to support key points. On average, this would mean 2-3 quotes per body paragraph.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.5467px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.84px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.5467px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.84px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. Flannery O\u2019Connor\u2019s \u201cGood Country People\u201d features a protagonist, Joy Hopewell, whose self-esteem is propped up by the belief that she is superior (intellectually) to everyone around her. She believes that, unlike others, she sees beneath the surface of things and has no illusions. This self image is severely tested when she arranges an encounter with a young, seemingly na\u00efve Bible salesman, Manley Pointer. The central question (and thesis prompt) is the following:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How does Manley Pointer manage to gain power over Joy and to reveal the falsity of her self image? What&nbsp;<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">truth<\/u><\/i>&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">is reveale<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page minimum: 3 \u00bd pp; MLA formatting &nbsp; Reminders: &nbsp; Please remember to write not just \u201cfor the teacher,\u201d but for a general audience of educated readers who have not necessarily read the text you are analyzing. Provide useful background on the setting and plot \/ characters in your introduction. 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