Flannery O’ Connor’s “Good country people” is certainly a southern gothic for numerous reasons. The characters in this story were eerie in a subtle way, none being above the man named Manley Pointer. Two characters that seemed disturbed are Mrs. Freeman and Joy, who legally changed her name to Hulga. Many of the depicted topics are unpleasant, such as the loss of a limb or keeping track of vomiting. This text provides macabre histories of many characters, most of them have some tragic event in their pasts or faces a grizzly end. Alongside the previous evidence are diseases or disabilities being an inhibitor towards some of the character’s desires. Based on the available descriptions, these reasons are key in a southern Gothic fictional tale.
