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A 4 page paper which examines, comparing and contrasting, the animal references in Colette's "The Hand" and John Updike's "A&P." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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issues. In these stories there are subtle references to animals, in relationship to a person or people being like animals. The following paper examines each story separately in relationship to
their images of animals, and then compares and contrasts the two. The Hand In this story we have a young bride who is romantically reveling in the fact
that she is newly married, learning the ways of love, both emotional and physical. Her husband has fallen asleep with his head on her shoulder and throughout this story she
is afraid to move because she does not want to disturb him. She examines him closely, loving what she sees for the most part. The story, however, then begins to
take a turn when she starts to see just how big and strong he is, even asleep. She thinks, "Its as if I were lying on some animal" and then
she notices his hand: "Its so big! It really is bigger than my whole head" (Colette). One author notes, "By describing him such as big, powerful, and hair on his
hands and arms, the author portrays him as an animal of sorts" (Johnny Boy). As the story progresses she becomes more and more alienated from him, fearing him. "The hand
is described as apelike and lowered its claws, and became a pliant beast (Colette, 197)" (Johnny Boy). This critic indicates that this sort of description is used so that the
imbalance of the two can be seen in relationship to the fact that this previously content woman is now fearful because she knows her husband has the power. "It is
used to help the reader understand that the male is dominant in all respects of the relationship" (Johnny Boy). By the end of the story we are almost assuming
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