I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents. Some you can see, misshapen and horrible, with huge heads or tiny bodies. . . . And just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul?
So I was going to do my little summaries like I always do but his quote, I don't know I just really really LOVE this quote.
The way Steinbeck introduces Cathy Ames, is both chilling and beautiful at the same time. He says that although she is a beautiful woman, her soul is tainted and ugly on the inside.
I do believe that people's souls can be born bad. That even someone with the greatest of beauty can harbor a deep secret on the inside. I think that what Cathy represents is something that we all have inside of us, but most of us choose to keep it down, hidden inside where other cannot see it. We are all capable of the things that Cathy thinks of and does, we just choose not to do them. Whether its because we have a conscience or we are good natured people, I still believe you and I are capable of doing them.
I'm certainly not saying that humans are all evil people who scheme and torture and behave like monsters. That's not the case at all, I just think that we are all capable of things we wish we weren't.
I do like Cathy because she seems like that sadistic character in novels and TV shows and movies that you just have to give props to for being so evil and hated. I think she is an interesting person...who knows maybe I just have a soft spot for evil characters.
I do like the comment you made about all of us choosing not to tap into the dark evils that Cathy tapped into or just had already waiting for her. I think for most people it's the fact that we have a consceince. Like you said, it's locked down, but even then, when there are those of us who acknowledge that part of ourselves many find ways to let it out safely. Writers tap into that side of themselves if their characters call for something sadistic and cruel that we would never act on in reality.
ReplyDeleteAwesome observation!