Good Country People

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1955

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Hulga has embraced nihilism as her personal philosophy, but is she actually a nihilist? How does Manley Pointer undermine her philosophical identity in the story?

How does this story embody elements of the Southern Gothic, and how does that inform your reading of the work?

How are names used as significant symbolic markers throughout this story?