Week Fourteen

Reading Two: "Good People"

What different definitions of "good people" or of a "good person" are implied here, or how might Lane Dean Jr.'s understanding of what it means to be "good people" change over the course of the story? What part does the idea of hypocrisy play in those definitions?

Good person or Good people are viewed as what you think of yourself and what others think of you. For instance Lane Dean Jr.'s mother said Sheri was down to earth. Lane Dean Jr. thinks being "good people" is how you have a relationship with God. Lane does not know whether he is a good person or not, because when he pray's, he is not connected with God. He struggles during sermons and does not care for praying or being very devoted to God. Lane believes that he lives a life of under Gods rule; however, he does not tell others that he does not have a relationship with God and would rather go to hell. He also felt that the bible was being a little hypocritical.