He objectified them as pretty girls, “…more than pretty” (2). He admits that they are pretty girls to be shopping, but “You never know for sure how girls ' minds work (do you really think it 's a mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glassjar?)” (2). This explains to us that Updike classifies the girl as if they have no brain, but insists that girls just have something small and dumb like a bee buzzing around in their brains. Later, he comes to realize that even in Queenie’s voice, “Her voice kind of startled me, the way voices do when you see the people first, coming out so flat and dumb yet kind of tony” (5). When he heard her voice, he was caught off guard, not expecting her to sound with a tone, or even to say something
He objectified them as pretty girls, “…more than pretty” (2). He admits that they are pretty girls to be shopping, but “You never know for sure how girls ' minds work (do you really think it 's a mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glassjar?)” (2). This explains to us that Updike classifies the girl as if they have no brain, but insists that girls just have something small and dumb like a bee buzzing around in their brains. Later, he comes to realize that even in Queenie’s voice, “Her voice kind of startled me, the way voices do when you see the people first, coming out so flat and dumb yet kind of tony” (5). When he heard her voice, he was caught off guard, not expecting her to sound with a tone, or even to say something