In the story of “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, Joy who has changed her name to Hulga, has a significance within the story. Her name change reflects on how she sees herself in her life because of her incident, which cost her leg. The way that she perceive herself, relates to the story. Joy had a bright future ahead of her which should lead her to a joyful life. Joy has all that she needed to make her life bright. She was well educated as she wanted. Joy has a PhD in philosophy, which means that she has been doing a lot of heavy reading and writing for most of her school career. Thus with the name “Joy”, we would think that she would find happiness in what she does in her life. To find and pursue things that gave her joy.
