manimal

I'd like to address and expound upon A. Hope's about Animal's idea of perfection and why Animal "excludes" himself from his conception. I feel like the way Sinha wrote Animal's character was to convey a being who has been so hardened and tortured that he doesn't necessarily exclude himself from his idea of what is beautiful and human -- he is totally removed from his conception, true, but he's also a keen observer, and since he's completely alienated from his conception, he can choose to be a part of it, also. As opposed to appealing to "normal" people's sympathies, the way a drag bum might choose to do. Animal could choose to exploit his handicap, and though this would significantly screw up his sense of dignity, he would at least get the impression that people loved him. Or maybe he's too smart and clever to subscribe to that sort of false ideology.