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(PART: 3)

· the meaning of Reta's surnames :

WİNTERS : Death, War, Lost, Depression, Negative.

SUMMERS: Happiness, Joy, Positive.

· Gwen is friend of Reta. What happened to her?

She fall in love with a young woman, she turns as Lezbian.

· What symbolizes belly button here?

Symbolizes mother and daughter.

cutting is finish mother and daughter relationship.

she cutting belly button for a man.

· Why Gwen turns as lezbian?

· ‘’Beginning, Middle, End’’ : Gwen’s replied.

Jealous among people. Reta expects congratulation offended prize from Gwen but she insalting tongue, jealous among people.

· Man defined woman. When nobody try to defined to woman ıt’s problem, so nobody can’t defined to man as man.

· Why Reta curling up knees? What does position symbolizes?

This is fetus, unborn baby. She wants turn back to mother’s belly. She need to change herself first If Norah’s back.

· How many mother’s figures in Reta’s life? Who are the mother figures?

There are 3 figures: 1. Biological mother

2. Tom’s mother (traditional figure)

3. Danielle Westerman (as strong, more modern perspective)

2 traditional + 1 modern mother figure.

· ‘’Goodness but not greatness’’ : people waiting goodness but not great.

· Norah start living with her boyfriend. Reta sees that what will happened in there.

· Traditional mother perspective : RETA . Norah living in womanhood.

· Reta wants to write some letters to some mans. She sees the list on journey: Galileo, Kant, Hegel, Bacon, Newton, Plato, Locke, Descartes.

She writes letter about the list. ‘’Where are the female philosophers?’’

· ‘’ woman wants to taste the world’’ Reta realize.

But you can’t. Nobody care to woman, so you can’t.

· Reta trying to writing low for Tom’s ego. She doesn’t want disturb to Tom’s ego.

· POSTMODERNİSM

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