Examples Of Ruby Growing Up In The Wilderness Like Inman

In order to demonstrate the underlying criticism of human behavior throughout the novel, Frazier creates the antithesis of a stereotypical women while keeping the gender, thus producing Ruby. Very early in her presence in the novel, it is made known that Ruby is able to relate more to animals while calming her horse, Ralph. In doing so, “The dispatch sent by such a gesture, she believed, concerned an understanding between them. What it said was that she and Ralph were of like minds on the issue at hand” (236). This creates a very judgmental image of Ruby being that she has no patience for men in any sense and is able to communicate on a deeper level with animals than humans. To a certain extent this is to be expected due to her growing up in the

Inman’s arrival to camp prompts Ruby to dispel Ada of taking interest in him, telling her “You don't need him, Ruby said. I know I don't need him, Ada said. But I think I want him. Well that's a whole different thing” (410). After Ada rectifies that she wants to be with Inman for her own reasons, Ruby accepts that she cannot press her will upon her and understands Ada’s desire. Inman shares the same nature, often pushing his belief or opinion on the people he comes across, yet withdrawing when he feels that the other’s thinking is just. With all the traits shared by Ruby and Inman, the most distinct is each’s complete lack of disdain towards gore. The instance Ruby is annoyed by a chauvinistic rooster, “She rose and stepped off the porch and in one swift motion snatched up the rooster, tucked his body under her left arm, and with her right hand pulled off his head. He struggled under her arm for a minute and then fell still. Ruby threw the head off into a barberry bush by the fence” (68). Inman on the other hand, is able to completely ignore the gore he must bear witness to each time he puts his LeMats to use, and doesn’t once