She is an extremely educated woman, but she understands herself so little. One example is that she realizes that she has a “weak heart” in the physical sense, but she also has a weak spiritual heart as well in terms of caring for others. Hulga is a very arrogant woman who always thinks she is one step ahead on everyone else. Mrs. Hopewell, Joy’s mother, is the only one who’s name appropriately fits her attitude and identity. The very idea of Mrs. Hopewell’s beliefs disgusts Hulga who has professed to believe in nothing. Besides Hulga, Manly Pointer the bible salesman is the second biggest example irony in “Good Country People”. The reader would first presume that this man is the very definition of good country people; he turned out to be the complete opposite. Every presumption that one could have about a typical bible sales man, Manley Pointer was the opposite. The bible that he carried himself turned out to be nothing but a hiding place for “a pocket flask of whiskey, a pack of cards, and a small blue box …show more content…
She is an extremely educated woman, but she understands herself so little. One example is that she realizes that she has a “weak heart” in the physical sense, but she also has a weak spiritual heart as well in terms of caring for others. Hulga is a very arrogant woman who always thinks she is one step ahead on everyone else. Mrs. Hopewell, Joy’s mother, is the only one who’s name appropriately fits her attitude and identity. The very idea of Mrs. Hopewell’s beliefs disgusts Hulga who has professed to believe in nothing. Besides Hulga, Manly Pointer the bible salesman is the second biggest example irony in “Good Country People”. The reader would first presume that this man is the very definition of good country people; he turned out to be the complete opposite. Every presumption that one could have about a typical bible sales man, Manley Pointer was the opposite. The bible that he carried himself turned out to be nothing but a hiding place for “a pocket flask of whiskey, a pack of cards, and a small blue box