Hayat Ali
Ms. Nguyen
English 1101 Essay
July 26, 2017
Good Country People Hulga is quite possibly the most complex character in this short story. There are multiple sides to her. There’s the angry girl who will do anything to show her mother that she's satisfied with who she is, the intelligent one with a Ph.D. in philosophy, the hopeful one who gave the bible salesman a chance, and the real her who she chooses to never fully show. Hulga’s convinced that everyone already has an impression of her, usually not good, so she just continues to act that way around them, proving them right.
As a young girl, when Hulga was still Joy, she got into a terrible hunting accident that ended up causing her to lose her leg. It had been chopped off while she was completely awake. It had almost killed her, but she's still alive and well at 30 years. She got a wooden leg that attached to her knee, but that didn't seem to anything for her mentally. It was like as her leg went, so did her happiness. To her family, as well as the tenant family that lives with her, she's an angry force that could always be doing something better. Even the name was a decision made out of anger. …show more content…
The sole reason she chose Hulga was that it the ugliest name she could think of, and it would irritate her mother. Her large frame and angry expressions continued to grow in a sense and she started making herself into a Hulga. She’d walk around the house, making unnecessary extra noise with her boot because she knew her mother and Mrs. Freeman, the tenant’s wife, were sitting in the kitchen talking about her. Although she had the wooden leg, she barely went anywhere. She’d become very angry and resilient to anything her mother says. It didn't help that her mother was a very social person and was always giving her commentary that didn't seem to please
Ms. Nguyen
English 1101 Essay
July 26, 2017
Good Country People Hulga is quite possibly the most complex character in this short story. There are multiple sides to her. There’s the angry girl who will do anything to show her mother that she's satisfied with who she is, the intelligent one with a Ph.D. in philosophy, the hopeful one who gave the bible salesman a chance, and the real her who she chooses to never fully show. Hulga’s convinced that everyone already has an impression of her, usually not good, so she just continues to act that way around them, proving them right.
As a young girl, when Hulga was still Joy, she got into a terrible hunting accident that ended up causing her to lose her leg. It had been chopped off while she was completely awake. It had almost killed her, but she's still alive and well at 30 years. She got a wooden leg that attached to her knee, but that didn't seem to anything for her mentally. It was like as her leg went, so did her happiness. To her family, as well as the tenant family that lives with her, she's an angry force that could always be doing something better. Even the name was a decision made out of anger. …show more content…
The sole reason she chose Hulga was that it the ugliest name she could think of, and it would irritate her mother. Her large frame and angry expressions continued to grow in a sense and she started making herself into a Hulga. She’d walk around the house, making unnecessary extra noise with her boot because she knew her mother and Mrs. Freeman, the tenant’s wife, were sitting in the kitchen talking about her. Although she had the wooden leg, she barely went anywhere. She’d become very angry and resilient to anything her mother says. It didn't help that her mother was a very social person and was always giving her commentary that didn't seem to please