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Catherine Sustana Updated April 20, "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor — is a story, in part, about the dangers of mistaking platitudes for original insights. The story, first published in , presents three characters whose lives are governed by the platitudes they embrace or reject: Mrs. Hopewell Early in the story, O'Connor demonstrates that Mrs. Hopewell's life is governed by upbeat but empty sayings: "Nothing is perfect. This was one of Mrs. Hopewell's favorite sayings. Another was: that is life! good country people by o connor.Good country people by o connor Video
Flannery O'Connor's \The False Comfort of Cliches and Platitudes
They all give me a pain and the more of them I see, the less and less I like them. Particularly the new kind. Very ignorant but never silent. Head meant him to see everything there is to see in a city so that he would be content to stay at home for the rest of his life. An orphan, Nelson had spent his first six months there.
Even on the train there, Mr. Head behaved moronically. Rudely waking other passengers, he read aloud everything on his ticket.
Later, Mr. At home, Mr. Now on the train, three blacks appeared. He had on a light suit and a yellow satin tie with a ruby pin in it.
One of his hands which rode majestically under his buttoned coat, and in the other he held the head of a black walking stick that he picked up and set down with a deliberate outward motion each time he took a step. He was proceeding very slowly, his large brown eyes gazing over the heads of the passengers. He had a small white mustache and white crinkly hair.
Behind him there were two young women, both coffee-colored, one in a yellow dress and one in a green. Their progress was kept at the rate of his and they chatted in low throaty voices as they followed him. Head and Nelson, the blacks were headed for the dining car. Head also took his grandson there, but only to look. Shooed away after they had tried to poke into the kitchen, Mr. Head cracked a loud joke about cockroaches that got everyone laughing.
Triumphant, they returned to their seats. For lunch, Mr. Head had brought a paper bag with some biscuits and a can of sardine, but in their excitement to get off the train, they forgot all about it, so went hungry for the rest of the day. Head was determined not to go into any city store because on his first trip here, he had got lost in a large one and had found his way out only after many people had insulted him. Soon enough, though, they were lost. The houses had become much shabbier, and there were blacks everywhere.]
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