The movie Country Boys illustrates the lives of two teenage boys living in a small town in Kentucky. One boy, Chris, lives in extreme poverty. The other boy, Cody, is an orphan who lives with his grandmother. The two boys are very uneducated: both go to an alternative high school. Chris is the easiest to sympathize with because he actually has some sort of learning disability and can only learn at a slow pace and he is relatively unsocial. He really tries to learn and he attempts to make the most of his situation. Chris surprisingly decides to take on the responsibility of starting a newspaper at his school. Cody, on the other hand, is more economically fortunate than Chris. He has had adverse situations thrust upon him in his life; however, he has not been as willing to change his situation of ignorance. He often talks back to his teachers who are trying to help him and he seems perfectly content with how his life is. Cody does not even know what grade he is in. It is later discovered that he is the 10th grade (though he is much older than a 10th grader). Though the boys differ in character, their diction is very similar. Their laconic type of language parallels the language of perhaps a third or fourth grader. They use small, simple sentences and often take their time while trying to think of what to say during a conversation.