Meet the Cast
Hulga a.k.a. Joy
Hulga, born Joy, is our leading lady in this short story. She changed her name herself at the age of twenty-one and—no offense to her mom who named her—we think it was a move in the right direc...
Manley Pointer
Oh, Manley Pointer. Manley, Manley, Manley—it might take Hulga a while to realize what a slippery trickster you are, but we're onto you from almost the moment you arrive on the page. Manley is a...
Mrs. Hopewell
Most famous for her platitudes, or clichés, Mrs. Hopewell is Hulga's mother. If you've read up on Hulga already, then you probably agree that this isn't exactly an enviable position. But no matter...
Mrs. Freeman
Mrs. Freeman has worked for Mrs. Hopewell on the farm for the past four years. She's mysterious because the narrator doesn't get into her head and show us her perspective, leaving us instead to see...
Minor Characters
GlyneseGlynese is Mrs. Hopewell's eighteen-year-old daughter. She is unmarried and popular with the boys, and on the Saturday of Hulga and Manley's date, she has been proposed to by a man named Har...