Acceptance vs. Denial: Conquering the Enemy
Selby continues his portrayal of Sara Goldfarb as a naive addict in denial: “She walked past the refrigerator…her eyes fixed steadfastly ahead at her goal, knowing that she had conquered the enemy and that he shook with fear-listening to him grumbling and rumbling, shaking in his boots already-and she walked like a queen, a television queen to her bedchamber.”
This quote discusses Goldfarb’s many addictions: food, television, and amphetamines. Her addiction to television convinced her that she needed to lose weight, which led her to amphetamines, an appetite suppressor. Selby does a good job of vividly describing how mentally unstable Goldfarb is. He personifies the refrigerator and refers
Selby continues his portrayal of Sara Goldfarb as a naive addict in denial: “She walked past the refrigerator…her eyes fixed steadfastly ahead at her goal, knowing that she had conquered the enemy and that he shook with fear-listening to him grumbling and rumbling, shaking in his boots already-and she walked like a queen, a television queen to her bedchamber.”
This quote discusses Goldfarb’s many addictions: food, television, and amphetamines. Her addiction to television convinced her that she needed to lose weight, which led her to amphetamines, an appetite suppressor. Selby does a good job of vividly describing how mentally unstable Goldfarb is. He personifies the refrigerator and refers