In the end, Carver is trying to say that the narrator suddenly feels free, unbound by the confines of his home or his thoughts. His time with the blind man has changed him, and made him feel connected to something for the first time in his life, and it is inspiring to him.

Good Country People" contains several themes, including the theme of Christianity and ugliness. Joy is an ugly person, not because she is physically ugly, but because she makes herself ugly inside, which is the truest form of ugliness. She is an unhappy and lonely woman who says she believes in "nothing" but really does hold out hope that she can live a normal life and be loved by someone. She is sucked in by the Bible salesman, who really believes in nothing either, and takes advantage of her in the worst way. He is ugly too, because...
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