He acts like an animal, has an animal's...
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The night before, a drunken Stanley lashed out at
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He acts like an animal, has an animal's habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one! There's even something--sub-human--something not quite to the stage of humanity yet! Yes, something--ape-like about him, like one of those pictures I've seen in--anthropological studies!
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In some kinds of people tenderer feelings have had some little beginning! That we have got to make grow! And cling to, and hold as our flag! In this dark march toward whatever it is we're approaching. . . . Don't--don't hang back with the brutes!
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire Signet Books, 1951. pp.71-2.
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