O'Connor uses irony in "Good Country People" to give the reader a better sense of what she is trying to communicate to the reader, and show the meaning of her characters and their actions. There are several ironies in the story that the reader can see in there first reading, but there are several that need more attention. The first is Hulga's mother and people around them. The second example is the Bible salesman, and the way he fools everyone but Mrs. Hopewell. The last is the main character Hulga whose personality is an irony in itself. All three of...
who is still a vulnerable little girl. Another irony is that she is mean to all who are nice to her and she is nice to the one person who is cruel to her, and shows her no compassion. All of these examples of irony show O'Connor's cleverness. They also show the different aspects, which makes the reader think and contemplate deeper into the meaning of O'Connor's words.

"Good Country People" is just one example of how irony is used by one author, after someone reads a story like this, one should be more aware of ironies in Literature.