Good People vs. Their Names
O'Connor's story abides by the use of symbolic referrences - let's start with the names of the characters:
Why have a character called Mrs. Hopefull? Or Mrs. Freeman? Or Manley Pointer?
then, why call Joy Hulga?
any thoughts?
posted by belag at Thursday, October 06, 2005
3 Comments:
skuz for the mishap, i'll try not to have a repeat:-)
what is a pointer? look up if the great book of words (aka disctionary) has anything to say about this...
Saturday, 08 October, 2005
Ok - if we think of a story in terms of the layers of meaning it may contain,
what is the metaphorical/allegorical meaning of this Flannery O'Connor creation?
Saturday, 08 October, 2005
now - how about those onions?
any thoughts on why the story ends with Joy listening to a conversation by two women plucking onions?
Sunday, 09 October, 2005
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