Perrine's

Perrine's
 In Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor Mrs. Freeman may not seem like a significant character in the story. Mrs. Freeman would be a very easy character to scan over, and never analyze. When you begin to pick Mrs. Freeman apart, you realize she is a very significant character.

 The first significant part about Mrs. Freeman is her name. When you take her name apart it is “free man”. She is given this name, in my opinion, because of her views and her ability to live freely in life. Mrs. Freeman goes throughout the story constantly doing whatever she pleases. Although Mrs. Freeman is a tenant to Mrs. Hopewell, she seems to not answer to anyone. Mrs. Freeman’s blatant lack of care toward anyone else’s opinions makes her “free”.

Mrs. Freeman is also the only character in the story that seems to constantly complain. Mrs. Hopewell seems to be a very positive woman, and for the most part her daughter makes well of the situation she has been put in. Mrs. Freeman has the least to complain about in the story, but she complains the most. Mrs. Freeman only focuses on the bad things in life. She constantly talks about her daughters rough pregnancy, and informs many people of things they would not want to know. Mrs. Freeman also complains about her other daughter at points in the story. Mrs. Freeman is the “Debbie Downer” in the story.