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Written by the Students of Baruch College

Good Country People

Who Really Are The Good Country People?

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— Anonymous On my first read-through of “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, I did not realize its true depth and status as a “Great Work”. Going through the text my first time, I really did not see a lot of themes or connections that really made the text great. I also did not see […]

A high-concept story exposes human arrogance and hypocrisy

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— Anonymous I think Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People” is a Great Work because it is a high-concept story exposes human arrogance and hypocrisy. We all have our inner self that is against every outward behavior moment, and O’Connor uses Good Country People to imitate all of us. An example from the book, Mrs. Hopewell […]

Childhood Memories

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— Anonymous The following response will be based on “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. Firstly, I want to say that I am someone who does not like to read a lot. Whenever I read a text which consists of too many complex words, I tend to get bored as I keep going looking for […]

More complex than the naked eye showed

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— Anonymous After reading “Good Country People” written by Flannery O’Connor, there were many things that I found to be interesting, appealing, and comparable to things we spoke about within the classroom. The protagonist of the story Hulga was an interesting character, who was more complex than the naked eye showed. She was a character […]

On my first read through of the text I found it very boring

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—Hugo Rodriguez The text that I did not understand was “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. On my first read through of the text I found it very boring, which definitely impacted my understanding of the text. I read through the text and didn’t even stop and think about what I was reading. In my […]

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