1 result for (book:tps1 AND session:372 AND stemmed:helpless)
2/66 (3%)
rage
father
mother
shell
catharsis
[... 12 paragraphs ...]
The father, your father, represents to him, Ruburt, the helpless portions of his own mother, directed so to speak where he can see them. Your mother represents to him the destructive, unreasoning energies of his own mother, and in the pull and conflict between your mother and father, he sees the tortured connections of his mother’s soul.
[... 10 paragraphs ...]
He gave up years ago. Her energy made him keep up appearances. Her vitality fed him, but it could not rouse him. Now he in his helplessness pays her back, and she rages against him. The sons left early, but he refuses to leave. She feels betrayed by the sons who left, and the father who stayed.
[... 41 paragraphs ...]
