Spring 1998

Passages should help stir thoughts. Bring up other parts of novel as necessary.

Read passages on pages 2-3 (after 1st break) and pages 212-213 (from last break on).

1. For Beccah, what is the relationship between the dream/spirit world and the physical/social world at the beginning and end of the novel?

2. What do you think Okja Keller would say is a healthy relationship between the dream and waking worlds?

Read passages on pages 181-183 and pages 185-188.

3. What are the components of Okja Keller's dream world as it is portrayed in the novel?

4. How would Freud, Jung, and Okja Keller finish the following statement:

"You are your ...."

(What makes up your identity?)

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