The Persistence Of Desire- quote response

• Page 562
o “And either she had grown slimmer or he had grown more tolerable of fat. Her thick ankles and the general obstinacy of her flesh used to goad him into being cruel.”
*This seems to be what the stereotypical human male predator finds attractive. Skinny girls with nice curves are the only things that appeal to them. When a man like this says he must have grown more tolerable of fat or that a woman must have slimmed down, this shows that the male is a shallow and arrogant creature. Today, the demand to be skinnier is even more pressured upon young, adolescent woman in the sense that skinny is sexy. A healthy weight woman might be considered chubby, or fat even. This quote shows the standards that men set for women in order to be loved.

• Page 565
o “Clyde was vain of his lashes, which in his boyhood had been exceptionally long, giving his face the alert and tender look of a girl’s.”
*Again, with this quote the reader sees that Clyde, the main character, is s selfish man who only thinks of his personal wants and needs. He had made a trip to his doctor because he had been noticing dust in his lashes, felt a tic, and had a twittering eyelid. After his diagnosis, he finds that he could potentially lose all of his lashes in his left eye. This worries Clyde, which in turn leads to the quote proving how conceded he really is