Good Country People Character Analysis

Flannery O’Connor in Good Country People writes about a girl named Joy. She lives with her mother, Mrs. Hopewell in a big house with the maid, Mrs. Freeman and her two daughters, Glynese and Carramae that nicknamed Glycerin and Caramel by Joy. Although, Joy lost her leg when she was ten due to hunting accident and wears prosthetic leg, she managed to finish her school and earns her PhD. That proves her as a smart thirty-two years old mature woman, yet Mrs. Hopewell still treats her as a child. The treatment makes Joy so upset and she legally changes her name into Hulga, the ugliest name she could think of to upset the mother. Later in the story, a character is introduced as a Bible salesman with made-up name of Manley Pointer. Looked as a decent