Good Country People Symbolism

When looking into works of literature, some works can seem to be similar or they can seem to be very different. Stories can have a similar setting, point of view, theme, or sense of language and style. However, all of these points could be very different as well and could cover different theme or style. In “Good Country People” and “Everyday Use” these stories have contrasting some elements, such as their points of view and use of symbolism, while their similarities in the underlying theme and the setting of these stories reveal a much stronger comparing between the two.
The stories “Good Country People” and “Everyday Use” have several similarities between them. One would be the theme that is embedded within both stories. I perceive the theme to be, how the power of education has an effect on an individual’s perception. In this situation, education is being seen as a negative force because it is changing the individual tremendously not only in the sense of their intellectual ability, but changing their identity to the point where they have changed their
In “Everyday Use”, the author starts out by describing her house and yard, but it is not until she talks about the location of the house until we know that it is for sure in a farm or rural community, “This house is in a pasture, too, like the other one” (745). The setting is in a rural community in Georgia, we know this because Mom says, “But that was before we raised the money, the church and me, to send her to Augusta to school” (744). The story even gives the definition on where Augusta is located. Also, we know a time frame for when “Everyday Use” takes place, the mom’s school was closed down and she makes the comment, “Don’t ask me why: in 1927 colored asked fewer questions than they do now” (745). So in this case, the reader can think of how old a mother would be who has a child in