Hopewell, Joy/Hulga Hopewell, and Manly Pointer all have very significant, symbolic meanings to their names. ... Hopewell's name is very symbolic of the good that there is in her. ... Hopewell always looked for the good in everyone. ... The name Joy Hopewell has two very positive words in it: "joy" and "hope". ... Hopewell, Mrs. ...
Hopewell, for example, whose favorite saying was "Nothing is perfect," (O'Conner, 435) seemed to be really naive. ... Hopewell is very vulnerable because she doesn't understand her own weaknesses. ... He told both Joy-Hulga and Mrs.Hopewell that he had a heart condition and they sympathized with him, inviting him to dinner and inevitably a picnic For him and Joy-Hulga. ... I think O"Connor uses Joy-Hulga's heart trouble and wooden leg as a symbol. I think maybe she relates to Joy-Hulga because of her own lupus. ...
Hopewell and Mrs. ... There was much talk about "nice people," "a good man," "real honest people" and yet the characters, such as Bailey and his family, and Joy/Hulga and her family, did not encounter these sorts of people, thus making the titles have more of an ironic meaning to them. ...