Queen Bee about how the real world works. He confronts her along with her cohorts, about their dress attire in the store. As a result of Lengel’s words, Queenie demeanor of an apparent self- independent woman, over soaked in the constant sexual attention she draws as a result of the way she dresses and acts, comes crumbling down when she responds initially to Lengel’s comments. She first states that “we are decent” (Updike 20) , still trying to maintain that self- exuberant belief that her delusion of the world is superior to the real world mentality Lengel is addressing her with. Then, she states that she is only here to buy the herring snacks for her mother. (Updike 20) By casting her mother as the foundations for her actions, who isn’t physically there whatsoever, I believe that she unconsciously exposed herself as a mere girl who is not truly independent, responsible enough to own up to her own actions, and accept full responsibility for what she is being scrutinized
Queen Bee about how the real world works. He confronts her along with her cohorts, about their dress attire in the store. As a result of Lengel’s words, Queenie demeanor of an apparent self- independent woman, over soaked in the constant sexual attention she draws as a result of the way she dresses and acts, comes crumbling down when she responds initially to Lengel’s comments. She first states that “we are decent” (Updike 20) , still trying to maintain that self- exuberant belief that her delusion of the world is superior to the real world mentality Lengel is addressing her with. Then, she states that she is only here to buy the herring snacks for her mother. (Updike 20) By casting her mother as the foundations for her actions, who isn’t physically there whatsoever, I believe that she unconsciously exposed herself as a mere girl who is not truly independent, responsible enough to own up to her own actions, and accept full responsibility for what she is being scrutinized