Discussion of Quicksand, Part 2

in Denmark:

  • felt spoiled
  • more like a pet than a person
  • can’t imagine she’ll be here much longer

What made her go?

  • her uncle gave her money
  • disillusioned by New York
  • Dr. Anderson–wants to get away from him.
  • Anne–“the race question”

Why doesn’t she want to go back?

  • because of the race problem in America
  • because Anne is marrying Anderson
  • betrayed? Anne wants what she shouldn’t want
  • doesn’t want to do any soul-searching
  • it’s because Anderson is marrying Anne, her close friend, rather than if he were marrying someone else that bothers her
  • the race reason seems less shallow
  • her inner reason is because of the wedding

At the Circus:

  • demeaning, she doesn’t like the way that the audience is looking at them
  • felt like it was mocking her
  • it exposed a part of her she left behind in America
  • compares it to the way everyone wanted her to dress provocatively, exposed

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