Good Country People?? Hardly....

In the story "Good country people," we are confronted with this notion that these "good" southern people, highly esteem themselves as upstanding citizens. But as we delve into the story we discover that those who hold this high opinion of themselves actually are anything but good. I like how the concept of false conversion, or this southern goodness will save us type mentality is exposed. It was courageous on the part of the author to work this angle, but the characters were accurate depictions of the bible belt.

I liked how the only genuine character that we feel the most sympathy for was the atheist girl, who was educated, had a wooden leg, and the more layers than an onion. She was the most out of place in her environment, but she was sincere, even in her awkwardness. Her disgust for false Christianity was from a pure place, and rightly so. I liked this story, but I found it hard to read. One of the first sentences in the story was a huge run-on sentence. It was good, with a weird twist, but I likely would not read it again.