Which excerpt from o’connor’s “good country people” best reveals the irony of joy’s name? mrs. hopewell thought of her as a child though she was thirty-two years old and highly educated. joy would get up while her mother was eating, and before long, mrs. freeman would arrive at the back door. another was: that is life! and still another, the most important, was: well, other people have their opinions too. she would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her. [a]nd when joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that mrs. hopewell would say, “if you can’t come pleasantly, i don’t want you at all,” to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward would reply. . she saw it as the name of her highest creative act. one of her major triumphs was that her mother had not been able to turn her dust into joy, but the greater one was that she had been able to turn it herself into hulga.

[A]nd when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that Mrs. Hopewell would say, "If you can't come pleasantly, I don't want you at all," to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward would reply.

Explanation:

Irony is defined as a language feature that generates a sense effect that is contrary to the meaning of the word and / or expressions it uses in context to criticize or ridicule the element (or reality) in question. Thus, a term is assertively chosen in order to denote just the opposite of what it means.

We can find irony in the name of the character Joy, because the word "Joy" refers to something happy, lively, cool and positive, but the paragraph above shows that the character Joy made ugly comments and had a glum face.

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the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.