How we cite our quotes: Cloud 9. Caryl Churchill. Routledge, 2000.
Quote #10
"They hit me. I can't play. They said I'm a girl." (2.4.178)
Cathy likes to play with traditionally masculine toys like plastic guns. But when she tries to play with a group of boys called the "Dead Hand Gang," they give her a bloody nose and steal her ice cream. Meanies. They also tell her she can't play because she's a girl. This kind of abuse is no doubt going to shape Cathy's sense of gender and power for the rest of her life, and it's pretty painful to see her free spirit getting crushed.