doned and needs someone the most. (O'Connor 261)
             It is symbolic that she also seems to be so prideful and independent even until the point until where she climbs the ladder of the barn to show her strength and capabilities. (O'Connor 257) But when Manley Pointer arrives on the scene we see Hulga slowly giving herself to him and losing all that pride that she had establishes and allowing herself to be taken and handled by a man she would consider inferior to herself.
             Another way the author displays the symbolism as to what happens is the changing of the character's name from Joy to Hulga. Her m
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