Summary of Good People Essay

The short story “Good People” was written by David Foster in 2007. The story starts out with the two main characters Lane Dean and his girlfriend Sheri Fisher are sitting quietly on a picnic table. Lane is a nineteen-year-old college student who is studying business and accounting and Sheri who is one year older than Lane has a hosting job and is studying to become a nurse. By the way the author describes the setting that the atmosphere is really intense; something is prodding heavily in both their minds. We find out later in the story that Sheri is pregnant and they have scheduled to have an abortion; both do not know that the other is extremely reluctant to go through with it. Lane is also struggling with some internal issues, he does not know if he really loves Sheri, how strong his devotion to his religion really is, and being intimidated by his girlfriend Sheri who seemingly has her whole life figured out.. All the qualities that first drew Lane to Sheri are now all the same qualities that are intimidating him. Sheri had always been devoted to her faith which Lane liked at first. Lane was starting to believe that he wasn’t really want to devote this much time to his faith.…

Reading question on "Good Country People" by Flannery O 'Connor 1) In the Good Country People’s short story, Joy-Hulga is also a college educated person, but the bad is she has a bad view about Christian religious faith. She thinks the Christian religious faith is a fairly common view. The Christian religious faith needs a strong btrust about the concepts like a divine is walking the earth in a human form, rebirth from the dead and virgin birth. People that have an intelligent mind in education…

Biases of Good People”, page167-210, author Banaji, Mahzarin R. conveys that in American Justice treatment toward African Americans are unequal when it comes to criminal justice, safety from police officers, dinning at restaurants, receiving tips, purchases, and colleges. However, the authors, suggests what other races thinks of African American and what African American thinks of themselves where white preference exist. The authors tell of the biases from African American leaving their over…

In the story Good Country people, Hulga, the main protagonist of the story, she is angry, has a degree in philosophy, and has a severed leg and heart problem. Her mother, Mrs. Hopewell is a caring mother and feels like Hulgas conditions are blessings. O’Connor brings in a dark/gothic approach to good country people by having Hulga feel isolated and lonely. Hulga is very vulnerable to the open world and she knows it. Hulga believes in the truth of nothing she is basically an atheist, she carries…

Samuel Allen Dr.Suderman ENC 1102 5 Mar. 2016 Good People The essay “Good People” by David Foster Wallace, tells the very intimate troubles of a young couple. The story is told by alternating between the first-person point-of-view of Lane A. Dean, Jr., and limited omniscient point-of-view who knows the thoughts and inner feelings of the couple. Both Lane and Sheri are devout Christians who have grown their relationship in the eyes of God, so they take their religion very seriously. The essay…

In two short stories by Flannery O’Connor, “A Circle in the Fire,” and “Good Country People,” it appears that O’Connor is attempting to create compassion for her female leads, but in a deceptive manner. In doing so, she is seemingly playing on the sympathetic emotions of the reader to create a feminist character in a place and time that would have positioned a woman, generally speaking, in a subservient role to a man. O’Connor, in creating this new role, introduces Mrs. Cope and Mrs. Hopewell…

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Banaji and Greenwald, seeks to inform readers about how mindbugs and stereotypes influence people’s behaviors both consciously and unconsciously. The authors discuss multiple well-known scientific studies that were designed to reveal people’s in-group preferences and unconscious biases. By discussing multiple kinds of biases and explaining how they can negatively affect others in many different ways, Banaji and Greenwald open up the discussion…

Flannery O’Connor frequently discusses religion and has said in interviews and personal writing that she sees the world in relation to Christ and His redemption (530). In both “Good Country People” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, O’Connor explores ideas about Christianity that suggests not only is she a Christian writer but she has struggled with her faith and delved deep into the theological side of this religion. The violence O’Connor uses in her stories helps show why God is needed in our…

1. In our class readings, verb tense definitely affected the stories for me. The verb tense of Good People, by David Foster Wallace, seems to change multiple times in the story. To me, a lot of this story felt as if it were told in present tense, but at times past tense was used when talking about events from the past, and there even seemed to be a bit of future tense mixed in. “That she will carry this and have it; she has to. With her gaze clear and steady. That all night last night she…

Chapter 1 Summary: Their in a small town and people were taken by soldiers Key quotation: “It belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone” Questions/Reflections: What is a Yellow Star? Why were Jews told to wear them? Why did the storyteller and his family get to stay and everyone else was taken? Chapter 2 Summary: The story teller and his family were taken into a train with the rest of the people and were brought to the first camp that they stay at. Key quotation:…