"[ ] Finally the child gathers up her courage and jumps [ ] the child falls of course [ ]"Papa, why didn't you catch me, Papa?"[ ] And he says to her-Learn this once and never forget: Trust no man."(Cary, 132).
When this story is told, Lorene Cary is talking about herself. She is Izzy. Cary was that little girl who fell and from that point on learned to trust no man.
Within her writing of Black Ice, Cary displays her distrust for "man", man in the sense of male, not people. Although it's not directly stated, Cary's story implies that she and her father do not have a strong relationship. His role was Dad. Cary never went into detail about how she felt about him only what could be seen on the surface. "Women looked at my father that way. Their attention seemed to affect him as naturally as sunshine - and he never talked too much." (11) Unlike the way she wrote about her mother, Dad seemed almost invisible. Even her writing shows how insignificant her father's role was to her. Using long sentences as if to fit all his details into one area and be done with him, she also uses non-descript adjectives to describe him. The only praise she gives him is for his black belt in karate. She talks about traveling to tournaments, her father's determination, although he loses, and how with his karate skills he helps ward off men in her life. Other then those subtle references to her father, Cary's Dad are a quiet man. .
But that's not the only evidence that shows Cary's uneasiness with the male sex. Along with lacking strong relationships with, she portrays men as judgmental. During her first visit to St. Paul's, for her interview, Cary is so concerned with impressing her interviewer; she fails to be up front about herself because she doubts Mr. Dick. ""Do you like school?" "Most of the time, yes." A bald face lie. I disliked school; always had Mr. Dick could tell I was lying, he smiled when my interview ended, Mr.