Read the following scene from The Little Foxes . BEN: ( very jovial ) I suppose I have been. And why not? Horace has done Hubbard Sons many a good turn. Why shouldn’t I be anxious to help him now? REGINA: ( laughs ) Help him! Help him when you need him, that’s what you mean. BEN: What a woman you married, Horace. ( Laughs awkwardly when HORACE does not answer ) Well, then I’ll make it quick. You know what I’ve been telling you for years. How I’ve always said that every one of us little Southern businessmen had great things—( Extends his arm )—right beyond our finger tips. It’s been my dream: my dream to make those fingers grow longer: I’m a lucky man, Horace, a lucky man. To dream and to live to get what you’ve dreamed of. That’s my idea of a lucky man. ( Looks at his fingers as his arm drops slowly ) For thirty years I’ve cried bring the cotton mills to the cotton. (HORACE opens medicine bottle ). Well, finally I got up nerve to go to Marshall Company in Chicago. What would be similar about a stage and a film interpretation of this scene?
Which best describes the style of The Little Foxes ?
Read the excerpt from The Little Foxes . REGINA: ( to BEN) Horace would like to talk to you now. HORACE: Horace would not like to talk to you now. I am very tired, Regina— REGINA: ( comes to him ) Please. You’ve said we’ll try our best with each other. I’ll try. Really, I will. Please do this for me now. You will see what I’ve done while you’ve been away. How I watched your interests. ( Laughs gaily ) And I’ve done very well too. But things can’t be delayed any longer. Everything must be settled this week— (HORACE sits down. BEN enters. OSCAR has stayed in the dining room, his head turned to watch them. LEO is pretending to read the newspaper ) Now you must tell Horace all about it. Only be quick because he is very tired and must go to bed. (HORACE is looking up at her. His face hardens as she speaks ) But I think your news will be better for him than all the medicine in the world. BEN: ( looking at HORACE) It could wait. Horace may not feel like talking today. REGINA: What an old faker you are! You know it can’t wait. You know it must be finished this week. You’ve been just as anxious for Horace to get here as I’ve been. What does this excerpt emphasize about the character of Regina?
Which excerpt from O’Connor’s “Good Country People” best reveals the irony of the main character’s name, Joy?
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