Here are some more flat, dull remarks from the dull Mrs. Hopewell (isn't her name ironically perfect!):
"Everybody is different"
"It takes all kinds to make the world."
"Nothing is perfect."
"...not the kind that you would want to be around you for very long."
"people who looked on the bright side of things would be beautiful even if they were not."
"she didn't have a grain of sense."
"a smile never hurt anyone."
"You said a mouthful." (the Bible salesman utters this one)
"overflow with hospitality"
"we all have work to do"
"His breath was clear and sweet like a child's"
These platitudes demonstrate the torpid mind of Mrs. Hopewell who is deceived by the Bible salesman. They also throw into sharp contrast the grotesque ending to O'Connor's "Good Country People" after the utterance of a platitude by Mrs. Hopewell: "I guess the world would be better off if we all all that simple" in reference to the Bible salesman. Mrs. Freeman then remarks, "Some can't be that simple...."
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