His grandmother is washing him and his brother in the tub, and she's washing his butt, and he says to her, "When you're finished, kiss back there."

他祖母帮他擦屁股时，他兄弟也在浴缸里，他对祖母说，：,“洗完澡你要亲我的屁股，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This theme comes back in the scene where his grandmother is washing him.

祖母给他洗澡时,这一主题再次出现。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

There is this social context of race relations whose grammar he is also learning, and I would just remind you of the passage where he starts to ask his mother about whether his granny is white or not.

一种来自家庭无可绘状的影响,当时社会的种族对立，对他学习的语言也有很深的影响,各位看一下当他问母亲,祖母是白人还是黑人？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And whew! She's flying off the roof with anger, chasing him around the house trying to whip him with a wet towel, so on and so forth: a very dramatic scene again of powerlessness within the family, of being the victim of violence within the family.

噢！在房子里，祖母气急败坏地用湿毛巾追着打他，一会窜这儿，一会窜那儿：,这是理查在家里无能为力，再次成为家庭暴力受害者的又一典型案例。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选