Good Country People

Discussing Flannery (Mary) O'Connor's (1925-1964) use of the Para-rational perspective element of luminosity focusing on her short stories Good Country People and The Lame Shall Enter First.

Often in life we become fixated on our own ideas of reality and become very close minded, or we become too content in feeling superior to others; leaving little or no room for input or advice from others, causing us to miss out on important lessons in life,

A look at flawed human nature in the story.

In the short story "Good Country People," by Flannery O'Connor the world is made smaller in order to look with great scrutiny at the players of this game of life. There is very little going on of consequence in the action plot, but massive movement in the character arc.

In "Cathedral", Raymond Carver, the author, illustrates that salvation lies in human contact and connection. In "Good Country People", the author, Flannery O'Connor chose the names of the characters and these names were incorporated in the theme.