B. Encounters:
I.
Wardmates
- Sybil -- pp. 82-83; discussing what sex means p. 85-86
- Joan and her word salad pp. 86-87
- Mrs. Martinez 82
- Glenda 110;
- Alice 144-45;"You take the shit and you is shit, girl."
- Getting money from Skip to make a phone call to Dolly pp. 166-67.
II. Connie's meeting L and her responses
to Luciente:
- meeting L: 1) on the street after she is exhausted by work p. 36;
2) on the street; 3) after she feels very lonely (51-52); 4) when she
is in seclusion cell in the hospital 63; 5) actively wants to get away
and visit 113; has to turn off her memory 113;"Luciente, let me
visit"
- responses:
- sex p. 37 "boys in her dreams" grow younger and more beardless.
- concerned with her own money: 41;
- "dyke" 57;
- the agricultural society: 67
- touching and caressing: think of childhood 76;
- re. sign language -- disbelief, self-defense (e.g. p. 98 --does
not like to be denied by the cat)
- Connie's responses as a mother and a lover
- hate them for their idea of motherhood; p. 105;
- feels angry p. 134; 182 (kisses Dawn); give Angie to them
141
- be with Bee
-- Luciente reminds her of her mother's mother 225;
-- dreams of being a comother p. 249-
- "Why me" 196;
- no transition (inviation/reception) 265;
- difficulties in connection since 1) Jackrabbit's death and 2) the
implant of electrode
- Connie's joining the war 301; 328
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