In these pages, we're allowed to see the stark contrast of whats considered typically male and female attributes Alison notices between her father, Roy and the cowboys she watches on the television. Roy is the classical masculine male with noticeable muscle definition, openly looking at the picture of the naked woman on the record, kicked back and drinking beer. Compared to Roy, Alison's father is very feminine, as he doesn't have muscle definition and tends to toy with decorating and taking care of the house and the home's appearance in a meticulous fashion as shown when he rearranges the flowers in the vase on the table. That's seen as a feminine thing to do, coupled with the fact that Alison is watching TV with cowboys shooting guns while she watches her father adjust the flowers conveys some confusion with Alison, trying to understand how her father could be so feminine since he's a man like Roy and the cowboys, yet not conform to the masculine standards society has dictated.
-Kasandra Allen
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