Don’t Let Go // Braylan Stringfellow

     In O’Connor’s “Good Country People,” Mrs. Hopewell understands that she has good country people in the Freemans; she also has the understanding that if you are fortunate enough to have good country people, you had better hold on to them. This is because good country people are few and far between. 

    Adapting this lesson that Mrs. Hopewell knows for us today, we know that some country people are bad and some non-country people are good. What’s important is that once you find someone good, you need to hold on to that person. If good people were hard to find in Mrs. Hopewell’s day, you can bet that they are harder to find now. 

    I am glad that I am where I am at where most of the people I interact with are good, and I hope that its the same for y’all. I hope that we are able to hold on to our friends we make along the way because there is no guarantee that we will find anymore good people in the future. Let’s not take for granted the opportunity we have to find good people while we still can. 


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  1. Joshua NaqviMarch 28, 2022 at 4:56 PM

    Good people in any capacity are hard to find. It truly has become a rarity in today's world to find people with noble characteristics. The hardest part of this is that too many pretend to be good and fake their good qualities. People pretend to be something they are not. However, some are legitimate and this makes a real difference in society.

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  2. Emily OttsMarch 28, 2022 at 9:10 PM

    It's true good people can be rare nowadays. Mrs. Hopewell is right in saying to hold onto the good ones. Another thing is you must keep them around long enough to show they are good. Mrs. Freeman stayed around long enough for Mrs. Hopewell to know that, as nosy as she is, she is good. The Bible salesman, however, Joy did not take her time to find out truly and suffered because of trusting him to soon.

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