... the scene with the couple Claude's curiosity with the soldier does not die out. Claude runs into Dr. Trueman who refers to the soldier as the "star patient" (Cather 1200) from the hospital. Claude learns that the man has mental problems and the doctor said, "it's his recollection of women that ... the Western girls. Her hair was yellow and curly, --the short ringlets about her ears were just the colour of a new chicken. Her vivid blue eyes were trifle too prominent, and a generous blush of colour mantled her cheeks. It seemed to pulsate there, -one had a desire to touch her cheeks ... to...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... "they always need someone to think for them." He has an undeniable power over them and views them as things to be controlled: "Women look into your eyes as if asking to be touched by your look." When talking about the future of his ex-wife, he says she will be lost in the United States " ... objectifies artistic figures (eyeing a naked statue of woman while walking by, staring at a women's breast in a religious book, drawing naked women in class as a child). One can constantly spot his eyes wandering to a woman's breasts or rear, he spends a whole scene staring at scantily clad wome...

• Word Count: 4301
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate