Put away these frozenjawed primates and their annals of ways beset and ultimate dark. What deity in the realms of dementia, what rabid god decocted out of the smoking lobes of hydrophobia could have devised a keeping place for souls so poor as is this flesh. This gawky wormbent tabernacle.
In the excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's "Suttree," the narrator expresses a profound disdain for the human condition. The imagery evokes the idea of humans as flawed beings, shackled by physical existence and the inevitable suffering it entails. The use of phrases like "frozenjawed primates" and "gawky wormbent tabernacle" illustrates a strong sense of disgust towards humanity and its struggles. The reference to a deity that could create such a flawed existence suggests a crisis of faith or a deep existential questioning. The narrator seems to grapple with the notion of a higher power having a hand in the suffering and limitations of human life, leading to a bleak outlook on the nature of existence itself.
In the excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's "Suttree," the narrator expresses a profound disdain for the human condition. The imagery evokes the idea of humans as flawed beings, shackled by physical existence and the inevitable suffering it entails. The use of phrases like "frozenjawed primates" and "gawky wormbent tabernacle" illustrates a strong sense of disgust towards humanity and its struggles.
The reference to a deity that could create such a flawed existence suggests a crisis of faith or a deep existential questioning. The narrator seems to grapple with the notion of a higher power having a hand in the suffering and limitations of human life, leading to a bleak outlook on the nature of existence itself.
