gerald croft

main idea 1

desperate to prove masculinity

main idea 2

complements patriarchal, male-possessive society

main idea 3

constantly tries to normalise + justify actions - saviour

quote mnemonic

i guess it insisted naively evidently

quote key words

install glance idea inevitable nearly economically

i (install)

i didn’t install her there so that i could make love to her

guess (glance)

gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help

it (idea)

i didn’t like the idea of her going back to the Palace Bar

insisted (inevitable)

i suppose it was inevitable

naively (nearly)

nearly any man would have done

evidently (economically)

she’d lived very economically on what I’d allowed her