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The Cave And Eatting Summary

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The two stories in which we discuss today are The Cave and Eatting; both of them are related in character, tone, and setting, (for the most part). The characters of the Stories, Sissy and Russell, are in sharp contrast of each other. While both of them can be perceived as introverts, Russel is much more... Well for the lack of better word, un disciplined and almost childlike in behavior. For example in this scene in the Eatting, “The mule looked as if had come to inspect something... Russell handed him one end of a roll of toilet paper, which the mule took... and then walked away carefully, gently, drawing the toilet paper out...” There was really no reason for him to do this; he just wanted to do for its own sake. Also in this story Russell is described as eating out a whole restaurant of their eggs, and just being all around gluttonous. In contrast, Sissy is much more reserved and in control of her desires-often having to give in to Russell's demands, like in The Cave where Russell wants sex every five seconds. …show more content…

I would even go as to say Bass is condemning man's role a bit. Russell role in this is important, because of his unrestrained personality he can be seen as an allegory of man, while his girlfriend Sissy nature. This can be seen in some of the last moments of The Cave, “blood and semen splattered, red grit and coalsust caked, wild haired, but beautiful to each other”. Bass is describing both of them there, and is an allegory for the struggle between nature and

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