Hulga, a well-educated, large blonde women crossly known as Joy Hopewell appears in, Flannery O' Connor, Good Country People as a thirty-two year old with an artificial leg. When Hulga was ten years old her leg was blown off in a hunting accident. She lived in the country with her mother, Ms. Hopewell, and her sisters, Glynese and Carramae, because of a heart condition she has. This bulging, impolite, squinty-eyed woman strongly professed to have believed in nothing, not even allowing her mother to keep a bible in the parlor. One day bible salesman, Manley Pointer came to their home for a visit, ultimately causing perplexity in thought as to whether Hulgas belief in nothing is pertinent. Hulgas encounter with the real nihilist, Manley Pointer
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Hulga imagined seducing Pointer before they ever met by the gate knowing that he was a," Christian." Hulga," imagined, that things came to such a pass that she very easily seduced him and that then, of course, she had to reckon with his remorse."(120) This for some may further prove that Hulga is the nihilist she claims to be. It may also be said that Hulga was naïve in believing that Pointer was so innocent causing her to further believe in nothing, especially after Pointers revelation. Pointer had a hollowed out bible that," contained a pocket flask of whiskey, a pack of cards, and a small blue box with printing on it."(115) After Pointer revealed the items in the hollowed out bible, Hulga shows major concern. She was almost hurt that Pointer was not who he claimed to be. Asking for her wooden leg over and over , it was clear that she had lost interest in him. Kate Oliver, author of " O'Connor's GOOD COUNTRY PEOPLE," breaks down her views on Hulgas "nothingness" and wooden leg saying: One day Mrs. Hopewell had picked up one of the books the girl had just put down and opening it at random, she read, "Science, on the other hand, has to assert its soberness and seriousness afresh and declare that it is concerned solely with what-is. Nothing-how can it be for science anything but a horror and a phantasm? If science is right, then one thing stands firm: science wishes to know nothing of nothing. Such is after all the strictly
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Hulga imagined seducing Pointer before they ever met by the gate knowing that he was a," Christian." Hulga," imagined, that things came to such a pass that she very easily seduced him and that then, of course, she had to reckon with his remorse."(120) This for some may further prove that Hulga is the nihilist she claims to be. It may also be said that Hulga was naïve in believing that Pointer was so innocent causing her to further believe in nothing, especially after Pointers revelation. Pointer had a hollowed out bible that," contained a pocket flask of whiskey, a pack of cards, and a small blue box with printing on it."(115) After Pointer revealed the items in the hollowed out bible, Hulga shows major concern. She was almost hurt that Pointer was not who he claimed to be. Asking for her wooden leg over and over , it was clear that she had lost interest in him. Kate Oliver, author of " O'Connor's GOOD COUNTRY PEOPLE," breaks down her views on Hulgas "nothingness" and wooden leg saying: One day Mrs. Hopewell had picked up one of the books the girl had just put down and opening it at random, she read, "Science, on the other hand, has to assert its soberness and seriousness afresh and declare that it is concerned solely with what-is. Nothing-how can it be for science anything but a horror and a phantasm? If science is right, then one thing stands firm: science wishes to know nothing of nothing. Such is after all the strictly
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