Literature Section 3 Flashcards
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Who is the director of the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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Stanley Kubrick
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2001: A Space Odyssey is based on what science fiction novel written by who?
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Arthur C. Clarke
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What is HAL 9000? What is wrong with it?
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a powerful computer that runs the spaceship Discovery and then kills the astronauts who are conscious (Dr. Dave Bowman and Dr. Frank Poole) after killing those in suspended animation
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What does the Augmentor in The Lathe of Heaven similarly to that of HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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the concern that a technology could supersede, dominate, or destroy its maker
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What does technology refer to?
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“the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area” Any tool that humans have invented as a practical application of knowledge is a form of technology
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Are quill and fountain pens, rollerballs, and ball points a form of technology?
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forms of writing technology
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Where does The Lathe of Heaven take place?
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Portland, Oregon
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When does The Lathe of Heaven take place?
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2002
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Why was Orr sent to Haber?
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because he had become too disturbed by his dreams that he’s been illegally taking too many pharmaceutical drugs to try to suppress them
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True or False? Dr. Haber immediately believes Orr at first when he is told that Orr’s dreams can alter reality
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False; he was naturally skeptical but he does want to help
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What is the Augmentor?
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similar to an EEG; a “Dream Machine” used by Haber to track Orr’s dreaming capabilities and brain activities
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How is Dr. Haber different than everyone else (except of course George) in regards to the before and after reality of Orr’s dream?
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he can remember the first reality as well as the new reality
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How does the purpose of the Augmentor change as the novel progresses?
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it is first used to try to benefit Orr/figure out what is going on, then Haber uses it to try to control the dreams so he can directly effect/amplify the dreams before attempting to give himself that same power
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Who is the president throughout The Lathe of Heaven (never changes)?
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Albert M. Merdle
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What was Haber’s goal/reasoning to him controlling what George Orr would dream of?
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he wanted to create a utopian society (ending world hunger & creating peace) and makes himself more powerful in the process
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What are the alien creatures in the novel called?
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Aldebaranians
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When the Aldebaranians first enter Earth, how does mankind perceive them?
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as hostile enemies
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Is mankind’s original perception of the Aldebaranians consistent throughout the rest of the novel?
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No, the aliens turn out to be peaceful and soon integrate into society among humans
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Orr dreaming up the aliens is an unintended consequence to of Haber’s desire for what? (He instructs to dream it so it’ll become reality)
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his desire for world peace; all countries unite against a seemingly violate alien attack
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The Aldebaranians seem to embody what two motifs Ursula Le Guin uses at the beginning of the novel?
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the jellyfish and sea turtle
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How does Heather Lelache describe herself?
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as a black widow (spider)
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What is Lelache’s proffession?
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a lawyer
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Why does Dr. Haber believes he can achieve what Orr has not when gives himself the power to alter reality via dreams?
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because he is trained, controlled, specialized, and stable candidate so he’ll be able to make his desires come true in his dreams then reality without any unintended consequences
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Why does the world starts to come undone and practically melt after Haber hooks himself up to the machine?
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his unconscious nothingness fuels the chaos of his non-being into reality
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How does Lelache jokingly describe Dr. Haber to George?
he perfectly represents a "Mad Scientist with his Infernal Machine"
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In what is the word "robot" first used (Hint: something of Karel Capek)?
a play aka R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
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Where can the earliest depiction of a robot be found?
Metropolis
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Who wrote The Time Machine?
H.G. Wells
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Who wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?
Jule Vern
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What was the name of the submarine in Twenty Thousands Leagues Under the Sea?
Nautilus
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What type of issues concerning robotics and artificial intelligence are raised by literary works that feature the trope of infernal machine?
ethical
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What two stories ask whether technology benefits or dehumanizes humankind, posing an ethical debate regarding if machines can feel?
Melville's "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" (1855) and Ambrose Bierce's "Moxon's Master" (1899)
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True or False? People have correctly claimed that self-driving cars as the 21st century most sophisticated and commercially viable AI machine are sentient?
False; there have been no proven claims that show they can have feelings
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What was the title of C.L. Moore's 1944 novella about a woman whose brain is implanted into a robot?
No Woman Born
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What was the name of the first novel in Isaac Asimov's robot series, which was published in 1950?
I, Robot
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Who wrote a short story in 1939 that inspired Isaac Asimov's 1950 novel of the same name (I, Robot)?
Eando Binder
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What is the name of the rules that Isaac Asimov created for the behavior of robots?
Three Laws of Robotics
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What is the first rule of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics?
A robot may not injure a human being or, through interaction, allow a human being to come to harm
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What is the second rule of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics?
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings unless it conflicts with the first rule
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What is the third rule of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics?
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not cause conflict with the first and second rule
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What science fiction novel inspired the 1982 film Bladerunner?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Who wrote the 1968 novel Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
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Which popular android character from the television series Star Trek frequently questioned the meaning of its existence?
Data
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What is an example in the Lathe of Heaven that can be used proof to the debatable question: Can a machine have a soul? regarding most people speaking of machines in personification
Dr. Haber calls his Augmenter his Baby
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This Taoist symbol is an alike to the intertwined passive and the active _______
Yin-Yang
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What does the novel The Lathe of Heaven value?
A fine-tuned balance
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Who is Mannie Ahrens?
elevator guard and manager of Orr's Corbett Avenue apartment
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How does Mannie Ahren's appearance ties into the 1960s youth countercultural moment?
because he is a "living emblem of a psychedelic, hippie past"
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What does Mannie do for Orr that shows he is a compassionate person?
he does not judge nor criticize Orr but rather tells the authorities that he lent the Pharm Card so Orr wouldn't get in too much trouble
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What quality does Mannie Ahren possess that Haber does not?
Kindness and empathy
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What repeated refrain does Ahren's act of kindness toward Orr at the beginning foreshadow?
that everyone needs love and friendship; Orr was only able to defeat Haber with the help of his friends
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Who is Tiua'k Ennbe Ennbe?
the proprietor of a secondhand craft store
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True or False? All Adebaranians are exactly the same.
False, they look alike but have different names
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What is the gift Orr receives from Ennbe Ennbe?
an antique 45 RPM Beatles record of the song "With a Little Help From My Friends" (an object central to how George finds a way to end his struggle with Haber)
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What are the seven integral themes in Lathe of Heaven?
1). shifting versions of reality 2). technology v. humanity 3). philosophical view points, particularly Taoism and utilitarianism 4). the enduring problem of warfare 5). issues of racism, immigration, xenophobia 6). the power of friendship and love 7). the pitfall patterns of dominance and control
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Who are the three characters that are aware of Orr's reality shifting and the difference from the old reality to the new reality by the end of the novel?
Heather Lelache, Haber, and Orr himself
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Reality is tied to what of Orr's?
subconscious and dreaming mind
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Who is the Aldebaranian that plays a crucial role in the reunion of Orr and Lelache after everything has returned to normal?
E'nememen Asfah
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What is E'nememen Asfah's profession?
he is the owner of a kitchen equipment shop and Orr's employer
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What year was The Lathe of Heaven published?
1971
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How does the theme: shifting versions of reality relate to the sociopolitical and generational conflict regarding the Vietnam War?
different people and different generation had decidedly differing views of what was "true" concerning the war
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What was the Watergate event?
a major political scandal that resulted from the Nixon administration's efforts to hide the truth of its involvement in a break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters
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What is Chinese Taoism?
a form of philosophy that emphasizes the search for equilibrium and balance
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In The Lathe of Heaven, what are the opposing philosophical viewpoints?
Taosim and utilitarianism (similar to Western utopian thinking)
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What novel does Western utopian thinking stem from?
Thomas More's Utopia
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What is the main fundamental of an utilitarian perspective that Haber abides by throughout the novel?
an action is right insofar as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct (if the majority is happy with the result, then the action taken is justible)
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George's belief system is closest related to what two religions?
Taoism and Buddhism (he doesn't believe that the end justifies the mean)
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How is the 'Threat of Afghan Intervention" by the Americans (mention in chapter three of the novel: a newspaper headline Orr sees on the subway) relate to current/future events?
At the time of 1971 when the novel was published, America hadn't gotten involved in Afghanistan's internal conflicts. We would not get involved until 1979 when the USSR got involved that we did as well
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Why can't Orr's subconscious mind imagine a human world with war?
because the motives of war are too hard for a rational person to understand, therefore, his dreams have unintended consequences
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Where does Orr go to hide from society, Haber, and his dreams? (Hint: in a cabin in the forest)
Siuslaw National Forest
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After the Aldebaran's invade the moon, what does the moon represent?
"the Lost", no longer "Unattainable" and "Attainable"
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What does AABM stand for?
Anti-Alien Ballistic Missile defense network
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During the alien invasion, the aliens took control of these missiles and sent them crashing into the State of Oregon?
AABM
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The first intercellular war causes what previously dormant volcano to erupt?
Mount Hood
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True or False? The aliens remain violent creatures
False, they become peaceful after Haber instructs Orr to dream the invasion stops and the aliens are transformed into amiable creatures
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True or False? After George dreams the aliens are peaceful and they integrate into society, everything is right in the world
False; for example, football has become gladiatorial and fatal and citizens are armed with hypodermic guns so they can make a Citizen's arrest to euthanize someone who is critically sick
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Where did Heather Lelache's parents first meet?
at a political demonstration
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What happened to Lelache's mom at the the age thirty-eight?
she died after using a dirty needle for heroin
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What is the meaning of the name "Lelache"?
as a French word it means: The Coward
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What concept does Heather Lelache struggle with because of her perceptions of her parents' feelings toward each other?
her racial identity
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Critics have MOST often noted that Le Guin's depiction of Lelache
essentializaes her race because her complexity is seemingly denied when she is erased since she is biracial
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Which issue does Dr. Haber mention after George Orr dreams of a world without racial conflict?
the caste system of India
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What happens right after Orr dreams about eliminating all race-based suffering in The Lather of Heaven?
everyone turns grey
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What star are the aliens from? (They are natives of a methane-atmosphere planet of the star...)
Aldebaran
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What does Haber desire?
power
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Who are two characters in The Lathe of Heaven Le Guin uses to display the power of love and friendship?
Heather Lelache and Mannie Alhren
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What does Heather and Orr shaking hands (a brown and a white respectively) remind Heather of?
a pin made by the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) for the Civil Rights movement
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This person originally dismisses the symbol of interracial cooperation that Lelache and Orr are
Heather Lelache
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How does Heather show a moment of dominance towards George?
when she hypnotizes Orr so that he might get some needed sleep, the outcome is catastrophic with the aliens invading Earth
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Patterns of dominance and control are represented as the....
wrong way to act
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What is the setting of The Lathe of Heaven?
Portland, Oregon
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What is the Ring of Fire or the Circum-Pacific Belt?
a path along the pacific ocean that is characterized by its active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes; the Pacific Northwest in which it is apart of, length of 24,900 miles
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Tectonic plates the Ring of Fire runs through
Pacific, Juan de Fuca, Cocos, Indian-Australian, Nazca, North American, and Philippine Plates
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Number and percent of Earth's volcanoes located in the Ring of Fire
75% (450)
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Portland sits on which river?
Willamette River
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What two dormant volcanoes (mountains) are visible residents of Portland, Oregon in The Lathe of Heaven?
Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens
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Why does Heather Lelache disappear?
Because of Orr's dream to end racism
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What symbology does the egg whisk represent in The Lathe of Heaven?
Le Guin shows us that the tools our technologies provide us with should be made with balance and care, even a tool as simple and as ordinary as an egg whisk. technology should be used to benefit humankind.
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Where was Ursula Kroeber Le Guin Born?
Berkeley, California
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Who were Ursula Kroeber Le Guin parents?
Alfred Louis Kroeber and Theodora Covel Kracaw Brown
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What is the Yahi word for "men"?
Ishi
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What job did Alfred Kroeber gave Ishi at the University of California's Museum of anthropology in San Francesco?
He was given a job as a janitor
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What did Ishi died from?
Tuberculosis
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Name the two biographies that Theodora Kroeber wrote about Ishi
Ishi in Two Worlds (1961) and Ishi, Last of His Tribe (1964)
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True or False. Theodora met Ishi (the subject of her biographies)
False
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Why are the Kroebers' role in Ishi's life a subject of debate and controversy?
Some regard what the Kroebers did as usurpation and appropriation of an indigenous man's voice; the couple are regarded by some as complicit with the exploitation of the California indigenous peoples.
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Why did the University of California at Berkeley removed the name of Kroeber from Kroeber hall in 2021?
The university did so as a gesture meant to build a better future with the native peoples of the state and as a sign that the university now recognizes its own complicity with genocidal policies.
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Who design the Semper Virens (The Kroeber home in the Berkeley hills)?
Bernard Maybeck
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What does Semper Virens mean?
Always Green
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What was the Kroeber's forty-acre ranch in Napa Valley called?
Kishamish
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What novel from Le Guin had a setting based on the Napa Valley ranch (Kishamish)?
The novel Always Coming Home
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Who was the protagonist Shevek in the novel The Dispossessed fashion after?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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What martial art did Le Guin explored?
Tai chi
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When was The Left Hand of Darkness published?
1969
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What is the tension between Haber and Orr?
Opposition between reason and mysticism.
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What happens because of the tension in the dream?
Mount Hood erupts
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What are the continuities mentioned of George Orr?
He's always some sort of draftsman and his apartment is always on Corbett Avenue.
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What is the mysterious phrase spoken by an alien to Orr in a dream?
"Self is universe"
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What does the phrase "Self is Universe" do to Orr?
It reorients him away from the orderly, cold-hearted, colorless world that Haber produced.
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What is an equanimity?
a perfect certainty
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When were the earliest dreams recorded?
5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia
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What were they (earliest recorded dreams) recorded into?
clay tablets
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Which mythical texts feature dreams as messages from the gods?
Norse sagas, Epic of Gilgamesh, Quaran, Bible
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Who wrote The oracle of the Night: The History and Science of Dreams?
Sidarta Ribiero
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Who did Le Guin consult for The Lathe of Heaven?
Dr. William Dement
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What was Dement the founder of?
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
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Where did Dement teach in the 1970s?
Stanford University
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Who pioneered the treatment "the talking cure"?
Viennese physician Josef Breurer
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What does Orr replace Mt. Hood with during Orr's first effective dream in Dr. Haber' office?
His dreams replaces Mt. Hood with a racehorse
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What could happen if George keeps depriving himself from dreams?
He could die
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Name one of the three researchers who discovered the importance of the rapid eye movement cycle during sleep?
Dr. William Dement
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What type of treatment did Dement test for?
Narcolepsy
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What was the American Academy of Sleep Medicine later known as?
The Association of Sleep Disorders Centers
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What is the name of the book Freud wrote in 1899?
The Interpretation of Dreams
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What are the four basic activities of the dreamwork?
Condensation, displacement, representation, and secondary revision
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Why did Freud and Carl disagreed on?
They disagreed on the role that sexuality played in the formation of neuroses.
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What was Jung methodology named?
Analytical psychology
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What was Jung's 1921 book called?
psychological types
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What is the yin and yang symbol
a symbol representing the light and dark fight
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what does the yin and yang symbol look like
a white shard on the left and a dark shard on the right
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When was Le Guin born
10/21/1929
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how does Le Guin show us that tools should be balanced
through the display of Orr's egg whisk
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who was Le Guin's father?
Alfred Louis Kroeber
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what is the name of the last surviving Californian Yahi Indian?
Ishi
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Whatg happened to Ishi?
he was "rescued" from prison by Le Guin's father and held at the museums he worked at
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Why do some people hate the book Ishi of two world
they felt that Le Guins's mother and father took away Ishi's voice
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Where did Le Guin's family go to vacation?
Napa Valley on their ranch
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What was the name of Le Guin's family ranch?
Kishamish
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What was the status of the Krober family
very wealthy
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What did Le Guin receive an M.A. in/
Renaissance French and Italian language and literature from Colombia
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What were three of Le Guin's first novels?
Rocannon's world, Planet of Exile, City of illusions.
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What is doctor Haber looking at when we first meet him
A picture of Mount Hood
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what happens to Mt Hood in Habers nightmare dream
it erupts and signals that the conflict between Haber and Orr is over
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What causes the temperatures in Portland to increase?
pollution
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What does Lathe of Heaven present as an idea
that everything is connected in the world
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What did the Romans and Greeks believe about dreams?
That they were divine messages from the Gods
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What does Medical science know about dreams?
That if a human goes without dreams they will die
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When did William Dement begin his work?
1950s
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When did Dement begin teaching at Stanford?
the 1970s
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Who was the pioneer of pscyhoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
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What is dream symbolism
The language of dreams
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How does Le Guin make a reference to the history of sleep medicine
When Haber explains the methodology he is using on Orr
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Who was Sigmund Freud's rival/
Carl Gustav Jung
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what ideas are burgeoning and leap into the mind during the 20th century?
AI, Artificial intelligence
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where did AI ideas spread like wild fire?
Corporations and universities
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why were cooperations and universities so fond of AI?
real-world applications for various forms of artificial intelligence are growing exponentially
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what are the down sides of AI?
threat of illegal activities on the dark web to concerns that AI, through its superior capacity to process data, may take over or, if it became sentient, might turn on humanity.
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what did Space Odyssey address?
the fantasies' and fears of AI
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who did Arthur C. Clarke collaborate with on Space Odyssey?
Stanley Kubrick
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what powerful computer is featured in Space Odyssey?
HAL 9000
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where is the HAL 9000 placed?
on the spaceship Discovery
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what astronauts are on Discovery?
Dr. Dave Bowman, Dr. Frank Poole, and 1 unconscious astronaut
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what dose the HAL 9000 do to the 3 astronauts on Discovery?
kill them
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how dose HAL 9000 kill the 3 astronauts?
cut off the life support for the three Discovery astronauts in suspended animation, killing them.
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what is the relationship between HAL 9000 and the Augmentor?
represent the same fear HAL does, namely the concern that a technology could supersede, dominate, or destroy its maker.
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Le Guin inspired Ursula K. to use what theme?
technology can destroy it's maker
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what is a technology?
Any tool that humans have invented as a practical application of knowledge
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Titan Prometheus is a foundational tale in Western culture that explores/ explains what idea?
uneasy relationship between humanity and technology
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Prometheus a staunch believer in what?
mankind
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why did Prometheus give mankind fire?
to protect them better than anything better than furs could ever
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when was Mannie Ahers introduced?
at the outset of the novel
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What happens to Lelache after Orr dreams to stop racism
She disappears
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What is the name of the alien that runs the kitchen shop?
E’nememen Asfah
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What tool does Orr show to Lelache in the kitchen shop?
an egg whisk
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Who are Le Guin's parents?
Alfred Louis Kroeber and his second wife, Theodora Covel Kracaw Brown.
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Where was Le guin's Father born?
Hoboken, New Jersey
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When was le Guin's Father born?
1876
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Where did Le Guin's Father earn his Doctorate
Columbia College
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Who directed Le Guin's Father to earn his doctorate?
Franz Berz
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When did Le Guin's Father earn his doctorate
1901
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Where was Le Guin's Mother born?
Denver, Colorado
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When was Le Guin's Mother born?
1897
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Where did Le Guin go for vacation?
Napa Valley
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Where did Le Guin Graduate?
Berkely High School
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Did Mannie every change his clothing?
nope same outfit for 30 years
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what emblem was on Mannie's necklace?
Aquarius emblem on the necklace of his youth
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what did Mannie smell like?
marijuana Old hippies never die
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Mannie is the living emblem of what stereotype?
a psychedelic, hippie past
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what 2 things possibly made Orr pass out in the very beginning of the book?
the end of the world or a drug overdose
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what dose Mannie tell the medic to let Orr off with a warming?
that Orr borrowed Mannies pharmacist card
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what theme dose Mannies actions represent
everyone needs love and friendship
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where did Orr listen to the record?
In Mannie's basment
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what record was Orr gifted by the Alien?
45 RPM Beatles
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what 7 themes did Lathe of Heaven address?
1) shifting versions of reality; 2) philosophical viewpoints, particularly Taoism and utilitarianism; 3)the relationship between humanity and technology; 4) the enduring problem of warfare; 5) issues of racism, immigration, and xenophobia; 6) the power of friendship and love; and 7) the pitfalls to patterns of dominace and control
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what dream is Orr having in the opening of the book?
That a world war w/ nucellar bombs is going on and that the radiation is killing him
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what is Mannie's profession?
Manager/ elevator of Orr's apartment
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what was Habers first intent?
help his patient and reassures Orr that he can trust the doctor, though quickly filled with greed for power
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What Mural does Haber have in his office
picture of Mt. Hood
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When was Haber born?
1962
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What does Orr replace Mt. Hood with during Orr's first dream with Dr. Haber?
a race horse
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What was the rain compared to?
warm soup falling forever
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What does "Self is universe" do to Orr?
He is "reoriented away" from the colorless world. Whatever that means
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Who was Carl Gustav Jung?
He was a swiss psychologist
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What did Carl Gustav Jung do?
developed terms introverts and extroverts
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What does Haber realize about Orr?
His power, if harnessed correctly, can be super beneficial for the world, humanity, and him.
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What is utilitarianism?
"Western ethical theory that
determines right from wrong by focusing on best
outcomes"
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What does HURAD stand for?
Human Utility: Research and Development
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What year was 2001: a space oddessy filmed
1968
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who wrote the novel 2001: a space oddessy was based on
Arthur C Clarke
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What did HAL mean in the HAL9000
Heuristically Programmed ALgorithmic Computer
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what does the HAL9000 run
The discovery ship
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Why does the HAL9000 kill three astronauts
It lip reads the word of the other two who plan to shut it down
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What is considered technology
any tool that humans have invented as a practical application of knowledge
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What mythological greek tale is a foundation for explaining the uneasy relationships between humanity and technology
Prometheus
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What did mary shelley subtitle her novel Frankenstein
A modern Prometheus
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What was the gatling gun
the first rapid-fire repeating gun
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When was the gatling gun adopted
8/21/1866
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What prompted Marie Curie's death
Long term exposure to radiation
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How was Marie curie buried and why
In a led lined coffin as her and her belongings will continue to be radioactive for a long time to come
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What was William Haber's specialty
oneirologist, or dream specialist
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Why do Orr and Haber both remember the first and second versions of reality
Because they stand at the center, everything changes around them
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How does Haber use the Augmentor to control Orr's dreams
amplifying the reality-altering dreams
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Where does Orr live
the corrbett avenue apartments
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What kind of coat did Mannie Ahrens wear
Buckskin
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What makes Mannie's short role important
he is friendly, compassionate, and non-judgemental
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What makes Mannie's kindness stand out so much
It is something Haber is incapable of
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What gift does Tiua’k Ennbe Ennbe give to orr
an antique 45 RPM Beatles record of the song “With a Little Help From My Friends,”
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What kind of shop did E’nememen Asfah own
A kitchen equipment shop
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How many themes did the lathe of heaven address
Seven
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What opposing philosophical viewpoints does the lathe of heaven explore
Taoism and utilitarianism
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What is Taoism
a philosophy that emphasizes the search for equilibrium and balance
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What is utilitarianism
an action is right insofar as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct
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Haber believes his actions are
“for the good of all mankind.”
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What is killing Orr at the beginning of the novel
Radiation Sickness
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Where is Orr's cabin
Siuslaw National Forest
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Why is Heather frustrated with her identity
She is biracial
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What is Heather's first thought of George
He is a weakling
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