Loneliness. Amid the people always around there is still loneliness. That is the major thing that struck me about this story. I remember when I was a teenager and I was active in school and had a lot of friends around me all the time. But even with all of that I still felt so lonely. I smiled on the outside, but was miserable on the inside.
Joy had lost her leg when she was just ten years old so she missed out on a lot of the things normal kids get to do. She grew to be cynical and she was educated so she came to think of herself as "better than".
When the bible salesman came to the house her superiority complex took hold. She thought she could get one over on him. She set out to seduce him, to play him. Funny how she ended up being the one to get played. I don't think she only lost her leg in that hay barn, but her dignity as well.
I wonder how long she was stuck up there. With her crappy attitude, did anyone even come looking for her for awhile?
As bad as it is that this guy took her leg, I have a hard time feeling bad for her. I can't help but think hey, this girl got what she deserved.
I like the title too. "Good Country People". Mrs. Hopewell liked to have faith that there were good country people out there, but in the end no one is really what they appear to be.
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