The universal theme of " Good Country people" is a person's outward appearance can be deceiving, no one is really the way they appear to be. A person might represent themselves as being sweet, charming and trust worthy, while in actuality they're the complete opposite of who they really are, which was the case for the character Manley Pointer in the story " Good Country People". " Good Country People" takes place in a small country town, somewhere …showed first 75 words of 917 total…

…showed last 75 words of 917 total…r initial intention. Joy thought she would seduce him and show him the ways of nothing, but she was wrong. Despite all her degrees, it was Pointer who ended up teaching her a lesson in life. Every con artist knows our weakness and is always willing to exploit them. No matter how much we try to hide them, it will always show. Therefore, one should always be alert of those who's looking to manipulate them.