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At ten Cathy knew something of the power of the sex impulse and began coldly to experiment with it. She planned everything coldly, forseeing difficulties and preparing for them.

The first time in this novel Steinbeck imagined a female character worth more than a few paragraphs of his time and here she is. Her chapter opens with "I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents." 😂

Omg back with the boring Hamiltons. Honk shoo honk shoo 🛌

Young Adam was always an obedient child. Something in him shrank from violence, from contention, from the silent shrieking tensions that can rip at a house. He contributed to the quiet he wished for by offering no violence, no contention, and to do this he had to retire into secretness, since there is some violence in everyone.

Ah. Finally, the Steinbeck I've heard so much about is here.

The first interesting woman in the book and Steinbeck kill har off. Barely two full page. *long stare into the distance contemplating life decisions that brought me here *