When faced with a horrific threat, a man reacts instantly with a defensive response, but a woman will wait for one instant to see if maybe the threat itself is worth protecting. Is possessing a certain hormonal balance and a certain set of genitalia enough to place someone squarely within the binary system of gender or can they transcend the system? In this quotation one can see the impulses that differentiate between the masculine and feminine energies. Winter is concerned with the description of gender identity throughout the book. Women look through the opening because something might be alive in there." Narrator
It is an instant that men do not use for waiting, an instant that opens a door to life or death. "She waited the eternal instant that women wait when a horror jumps out at them. His mom convinces herself that within the two halves of his gender identity he is somehow more complete than every other person, as if he possessed some sort of magical power within the balance of masculine and feminine. In a world without the judgements or expectations of other people which pressure Wally to be a man, then he could embrace all aspects of his identity - especially including the feminine. She envisions a future for him which allows him to feel comfortable in his own skin. Wayne/Annabel's mother wants the best for her child, like most mothers. "Whenever she imagined her child, grown up without interference from a judgmental world, she imagined its male and female halves as complementing each other, and as being secretly, almost magically powerful." Narrator Should people be judged according to who they are in the moment? Considering that all of life is one long train of developmental moments, no person can truly be seen as a finished product, yet people judge others as if they ought to have everything worked out for themselves already. Torn between the male expectations placed upon him and his own propensity toward the female, Wayne faces an internal identity crisis. Everyone was always becoming and unbecoming." NarratorĪnnabel is a story concerned with androgyny in a young child's life. "It was not fair, she felt, to treat people as if they were finished beings. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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