Prologue Flashcards
Whose memory comprises the majority of the prologue?
Agnes’s memory
What does Agnes say Bush’s house is doing?
It is crying
What does Agnes call “diseased beasts”?
Oxen brought by train from Kansas
What dream does Agnes describe having?
A dream in which she was fishing on Lake Grand when everything froze and Hannah appeared beneath the ice
Why were people afraid of Hannah?
No one knew what was wrong with her and they don’t trust things with no name
What is the “frozen heart of evil”?
Hunger, envy, and greed that tricks people into death, illness, or insanity
What food is most important and why?
The rice because Angel had been with Bush and Agnes when it was harvested.
Who came to Bush’s mourning feast?
Agnes, Jarrel Illinois, Frenchie, Dora-Rouge, John Husk
What tea does Bush make and what does it symbolize?
She makes swamp tea, and Agnes claims it smells like healing and medicine from the old days
Why do people feel uncomfortable around Bush?
She is a misplaced person, she lived in Oklahoma before going to Adam’s Rib with Harold
What does Bush do with the extra bowl of food?
She places it outside as an offering for the spirits
What does Bush do to her hair and why?
She cuts it in order to free the memory of Angel that was held in it
What does Agnes call love?
The steam rising from the food and the food itself that they ate in mourning for Angel
What does Bush do after the feast ends?
She gives away practically every belonging of hers
Why did the people of Adam’s Rib begin loving Bush at this point in time?
Because she had gone to the old ways and followed the map inside herself
What does Bush say she can see inside Agnes’s bear coat?
The cubs that were born from its skin
