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Giacomo Kyle asked this question about Tender Is the Flesh:
What's your take on the ending? It seems it was a twist to reveal that the protagonist never truly had feelings for Jasmine and always just wanted to use her so he could have another child with Cecilia, since she couldn't carry and raise a healthy one. But earlier in the book, it mentions that the protagonist is "incapable of killing the female in his barn." So did something change in him?
Tiffany Mcdougal I think it's suppose to parallel how people treat animals. Marcus doesn't like the torture or cruelty towards the head, but in the end they are just h…moreI think it's suppose to parallel how people treat animals. Marcus doesn't like the torture or cruelty towards the head, but in the end they are just head to him. Like how people will eat farm raise meat over factory farming because it's more humane to them. I don't think he ever really thought of Jasmine as human, more as a pet. He was never a moral person. He even says himself that he misses meat. He use to eat it. (less)
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Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica
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