What does the Bible salesman require Hulga to say before he will continue kissing her?
She really does love him.
Why does Hulga ask Mrs Freeman questions about how her daughter’s boyfriend cured her sty by popping her neck the morning after the Bible salesman has called for Mrs Hopewell?
Why does Hulga ask Mrs. Freeman questions about how her daughter’s boyfriend cured her sty by popping her neck the morning after the Bible salesman has called for Mrs. Hopewell?
Hulga wants to avoid answering her mother’s questions about the Bible salesman.
Why does Hulga agree to go on a date with the Bible salesman?
Hulga agrees to
meet Pointer because he shows an interest in her
. He asks her several questions that make her think that he sees her as a real person that he likes. His inquiry into personal aspects of her life demonstrates to Hulga that this is a meaningful connection with an interesting and sensitive man.
Why does Hulga seduce Manley?
The central conflict in this story is between Hulga, who believes herself to be vastly superior to everyone around her, and the Bible salesman, Pointer, whom Hulga and her mother at first take to be simple, naive “good country people.” Hulga wants to seduce Pointer
to shatter his alleged innocence, both physical and
…
What does Hulga need to realize about herself?
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Joy-Hulga has an
incredible sense of superiority over everyone around her
. She is college educated with a degree in philosophy and that alone makes her different and “better” than her mother Mrs. Hopewell or the tenant worker, Mrs. Freeman.
What is ironic about Mrs Hopewell’s name?
Mrs. Freeman’s name is ironic
because she isn’t free–she’s a tenant farmer
. Mentally, she is anything but free–she’s a simpleton who quotes platitudes and is dangerous because she’s so simplistic in her thinking.
How old was joy when she lost her leg?
Freeman. Mrs. Hopewell’s daughter, Joy, is
thirty-two years old
and lost her leg in a childhood shooting accident.
Why does Mrs Hopewell invite Manley Pointer to dinner?
Hulga is openly discourteous to Manley Pointer, the Bible salesman when he visits her house. Mrs. Hopewell invites Manley to stay for dinner with them
after discovering that the nineteen-year-old Bible salesman has a heart condition similar to Hulga’s
.
What are the names of Mrs Freeman’s two daughters?
When Joy gets to the kitchen, the two women are usually talking about Mrs. Freeman’s two daughters,
Glynese and Carramae
, who are eighteen and fifteen years old; Carramae, the fifteen year old, is “married and pregnant” (2). Mrs.
What does Manley steal from Hulga?
Hulga fantasizes about seducing him, but in the end, Manley is the one who seduces her. He leads her into a barn loft, steals
her prosthetic leg
, and abandons her.
Why does Hulga compare her name to the Vulcan?
Why does Hulga compare her name to the Vulcan? a. …
She wanted the ugliest name she could think of
. Why does Manly Pointer bring his suitcase of Bibles into the loft of the barn?
Why is Mrs Hopewells daughter called Hulga?
Mrs. Hopewell’s daughter was given the name Joy, but it doesn’t seem to fit her. At age 10,
she lost a leg in a hunting accident
, and, when she was 21, she legally changed her name to Hulga. … In using this name, she is rejecting her mother’s wishes for her and delighting in this rejection.
Did you ever look inside yourself and see what you are not?
Do you ever look inside and see what you are not? God!” she had cried sinking down again and staring at her plate, “Malebranche was right:
we are not our own light
. We are not our own light!” Mrs.
Do you ever look inside and see what you are not?
Do you ever look inside and see what you are not?
God
!” [..] “Malebranche was right: we are not our own light. We are not our own light!”[5]. … According to this premise, all reason, knowledge and wisdom of man comes from God, but not from his ability of thinking and reasoning.
Why is Hulga so angry with her mother?
Malebranche did believe in God, and believed that everything—including what animates human beings, a.k.a. our “light”—comes from God. So, according to that passage, Hulga
believes in God as well
; she believes in Malebranche’s position, enough that she invokes it against her mother.
What is ironic about good country people?
The irony is that there are no salt-of-the-earth, “good country people” in this story. Instead, the ironic title
highlights the truth that all of characters are rather despicable and dishonest.
Mrs. Hopewell thinks she knows what good country people are.
