Reply To: An insight into human nature in The Madness of Crowds
Ruth speaking to Armand: “My mother took me to him (Ewen Cameron). To fix me. She thought that I was broken.” She tried to smile but could not. “She wanted to leave me there, but he didn’t have any beds. By the time one had freed up, I’d changed.” . . . “I’d learned what she wanted me to be. I learned to pretend. So I wouldn’t be sent to that place. I learned what it would take for my mother to love me.” This is so sad and makes Ruth more understandable in her walled defensive behavior toward others. The one who should have understood and loved her didn’t. That would be a bitter pill to swallow for anyone.