Question

which excerpt from flannery O' Connor's "good country people " best identifies the narrative as a piece of southern gothic literature

Answer 1

The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . . good country people.

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Answer 2

the excerpt from flannery O' Connor's "good country people" that best identifies the narrative as a piece of southern gothic literature is : "the reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . . good country people"
The excerpt did not necessarily brought it to the level to be described as 'horror', but it give enough creep factors to be described as Gothic

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