Southern Gothic

So far we've read a healthy dose of Southern Literature - stories by Southern (American) writers about their own environment. Think:

'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings'

'A Rose for Emily'

Now, we are entrenched in another example of Southern gothic - Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People'.

Identify:

a. Is there anything about this story that resembles (looks like, sounds like) the other ones?If so, then what would be that quality?

b. Is this a gothic story? If so, then what makes it one?

c. The story's tone and diction - how do you 'read' it? How would you qualify it?