Which excerpt from flannery o’connor’s “good country people” best identifies the narrative as a piece of southern gothic literature? joy was her daughter, a blonde girl who had an artificial leg. the reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . good country people. her name was really joy but as soon as she was twenty-one and away from home, she had had it legally changed. one of her major triumphs was that her mother had not been able to turn her dust into joy.

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the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader