There is a scene in The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed when our protagonist, Ann, is kneeling on the floor naked, gagged, and thoroughly happy to be humiliated by her longtime lover. Its just one aspect of Anns life that finds her bowing to lifes many subjugationsorganic or intentional. Shes grown used to the slow ebb and flow of the life she created for herself. Or, perhaps, the one created for her. Either way, Ann doesnt really resist her fate. In fact, at times, she seems to relish the absurdities of it all.