I had made him know that I felt he was cruel and I had done it without his punishing me.

同时，我让他感到了自己的残忍,对此他无能为力。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The sense of powerlessness, the most profound sense of powerlessness, suggested already by the first episode where his mother almost takes back the life she gave him, is rooted in the family.

无能为力之感，极度的无能为力之感，在他母亲几乎,毁了他时就有过，这在他的家庭中深深地扎根。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选