Question

Which excerpt from Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People” best identifies the narrative as a piece of Southern gothic literature?
A) Joy was her daughter, a blonde girl who had an artificial leg.
B) The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . . good country people.
C) Her name was really Joy but as soon as she was twenty-one and away from home, she had had it legally changed.
D) One of her major triumphs was that her mother had not been able to turn her dust into Joy.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Joy was her daughter, a blonde girl who had an artificial leg.

Explanation:

Southern Gothic Literature is a literature classified as Gothic and set in the southern United States. This type of literature has many characteristics such as disturbed characters, situations of extreme violence and poverty, characters with physical failures, and other characteristics. Based on this, we can conclude that the phrase "Joy was her daughter, the blonde girl who had an artificial leg" shows a narrative of Gothic literature, because it presents a character with a physical fault.

Answer 2

I think it is A hope this is what you wanted