Compare and contrast Corey and Adrian's view of mothers in the novel, The War For Gloria?

For Adrian and Corey, their mothers act as symbolic catalysts for their general approach toward masculinity, albeit in inverted ways. Corey tends to his mother and is devoted to her needs. Corey believes treating his mother well is a masculine quality. Adrian experiences the opposite. Adrian’s hatred of women stems from his memory of his mother threatening to castrate him. As such, Adrian is hostile towards his mother and women in general, proud of having an imposing, hostile presence. To Adrian, masculinity is equivalent to avoiding feminine influence. Corey, on the contrary, lives with his mother and Joan for a period, and tries to be good to them. As symbols, mothers prompt different attitudes in Adrian and Corey in terms of their concept of masculinity in relation to femininity.