12 March

due before 5pm

A Field Guide to Getting Lost: Abandon
By:Rebecca Solnit

 1. How was Marine's life describe as in the beginning of the story?

 2. Marine said she was going to change her way of living (stop using drugs/ drinking alcohol) because she found love, but she died. Why is this ironic?

 3. Marine defins the quote "What is a ruin, after all?" What is the meaning of this and imagery behind it? (p88)

 4. Why does Marine say her (film making) dream was a methaphor? (p92)

 5. On page 95, what was the significance of Marine's dream?

 6. From a feminist point of view, analyze Marine.

 7. Explain the following line: "Like ruins, the social can become a wilderness in which the soul too becomes wild, seeking beyond itself, beyond its imagination." (p90)

 8. On page 96, what does Marine and Solnit mean by "Beauty is often spoken..."

 9. Analyze the type of relationship the older musician and "Little Marine" had?

10. How does Solnit use the Grotesque?