Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" has a steady demonstration of irony, much of it based on the title of the story. Ignorance is also a major issue in the work, both Ms. Freeman and Ms. Hopewell exhibit this clearly. However ironically, Hulga exhibits this with her knowledge. She takes pride in her own intellect and in her knowledge of existentialism. Hulga's existentialist ideas come crashing down because of her naïveté and lack of dependence on others. Hulga believes she is self sustained however she realizes when the bible salesman steals her leg that this isn't so. Hulga's lack of dependence on others may be the cause of her emotional downfall when she realizes that she can't depend solely on herself. Her pride and wisdom as well as her emotions could also be the reason for her gullibility and her being easily manipulated by the young bible salesman...