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's name is also ironic, because she tries to provide hope, but is in fact empty in her talk. ... Hopewell, show the symbolism used by Flannery O'Connor. ... Hopewell named her daughter Joy, she was hoping for all the joy that comes with raising a child and watching the child develop a life of its own. ... When Joy changed her name to Hulga, Mrs. Hopewell had made up her mind that Joy "had thought and thought until she hit upon the ugliest name in any language" (O'Connor 299). ...