3rd,+Dede

Dede, 3rd period Colin Basco Alex Floyd Caroline Midis Austin Chapman

1. Definition of "Identity Crisis" - A time in a person's life when they experience challenges in evaluating themselves, usually in teenage years. This crisis is usually accompanied with doubt in what they originally believed and who they are.

2, 3. Pg. 69: "What do you say we all go for a swim in the lagoon?" Minerva offers. The young men look ready to go, but Dede reminds Minerva, "what about volleyball?" Jaimito will be looking for her. And if she's going to end up with Mario, which is no doubt the way things will settle, she'd rather be with the man she intends to marry. So there."
 * Dede questions herself
 * questions idea of who she should live with
 * what her role is in the family
 * whether she goes against her family vs. her own feelings
 * what her fate is in life

4. Pg. 5: "Before she knows it, she is setting up her life as if it were an exhibit labeled neatly for those who can read: THE SISTER WHO SURVIVED" Dede must deal with her personal conflict of being the standard bearer for her martyred sisters, and also with the guilt of being the "one who survived". This also brings its own challenges as she is then viewed as the "exhibit" for her family. This causes crisis of identity as she investigates who she is. Pg. 65: "'What problems?' she asks, an edge to her voice. Whatever feelings she once had for Lio never became a problem for anyone, even for herself. She had taken care of that." Dede's rejection of who she loves verses who she "should" be with causes a crisis of desire for her. This is also a conflict of almost a family obligation, which, obviously is part of her identity. There is also a view of her timidity in it, as she feels to afraid to really examine what she wants, just as she will later be too afraid to get too involved in the Revolution. She tries to explore these identities, but can only do so through a fractured lens of fear. http://www.google.com/imgres?start=122&num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1065&bih=489&tbm=isch&tbnid=QPF7m35Iu2L_QM:&imgrefurl=http://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x3989433/two_men_arm_wrestling&docid=iKVm1bVJfF8mZM&imgurl=http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2x3989433/Two_men_arm_wrestling_pe0062316.jpg&w=500&h=353&ei=AJEpT9a8IJLE2QXftOTnAg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=313&sig=111926008255762539907&sqi=2&page=9&tbnh=142&tbnw=226&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:122&tx=143&ty=73"