Violence :-)

Due to Mr. Norton’s curiosity in the truth of Jim Trueblood’s story, he found himself deep into Trueblood’s gruesome recollection. Jim describes Kate’s fit of anger when he says, “Then I sees her right up on me, big. She’s swingin’ her arms like a man swingin’ a tenpound sledge and I sees the knuckles of her hand is bruised and bleedin’, and I sees her bend and straightenin’ up and I hears her grunt and I sees her swing and I smells her sweat and I knows by the shape of the shinin’ wood what she’s gon to put on me. Then I sees that ax come free!” (63) Kate's anger brews from the account of waking up to her husband on top of her daughter. Kate’s emotions run wild, and it only makes her more ferocious when Jim claims himself as not guilty. This violence roots from her knowledge that her family is now torn apart, and from finding insanity in her husband. Ellison characterizes Kate's violence as an act of rage and resentment towards Jim. Her aggression and hostility are her only weapons towards justification.