![]() ![]() How are these changes significant for her? How does each name represent a different phase of her life?Ĩ. Vivian's name changes several times over the course of the novel: from Niamh Power to Dorothy Nielsen to Vivian Daly. Nothing encumbered movement more than fear, which was often the most difficult burden to surrender." How does the concept of portaging reverberate throughout this novel? What fears hamper Vivian's progress? Molly's?ħ. ![]() Everyone knew the value of traveling light and understood that it required leaving some things behind. In Women of the Dawn, a nonfiction book about the lives of four Wabanaki Indians excerpted in the epigraph, Bunny McBride writes: "In portaging from one river to another, Wabanakis had to carry their canoes and all other possessions. Why does Vivian seem unable to get rid of the boxes in her attic?Ħ. What role does Vivian's grandmother play in her life? How does the reader's perception of her shift as the story unfolds?ĥ. Why hasn't Vivian ever shared her story with anyone? Why does she tell it now?Ĥ. ![]() In the prologue Vivian mentions that her "true love" died when she was 23, but she doesn't mention the other big secret in the book. In what ways are their stories similar?Ģ. On the surface, Vivian's and Molly's lives couldn't be more different. ![]()
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