Secretary

This type of literature was a little bit of a shock to my system. I could not believe what I was reading, and it kind of repulsed me in a way. There was a very realistic feeling to the story, and I could see this happening in the real world. Gaitskill finds a way to make the story believable on most levels. Taking a look at Debby's family life you could see that they were pretty dysfunctional and there was a sense of abuse there. It makes me think that all of the years of verbal abuse from her father just festered inside of her. After a long period of time I think she started to think that it was normal to just take what was given to her and like it. This leads me to think that she liked what she got from the Lawyer because she deep down likes abuse. After all that happened with the Lawyer, it might have flipped a switch in her head that she does not have to take abuse from anyone, anymore. It would be interesting to see what type of person she ends up turning into after this experience.