About midway through her fifth visit to the Weylin plantation (in "The Storm"), as she's been enduring a long stretch without Kevin, Dana observes that she has been "getting used to being submissive" and remarks on her need for some "time to herself": "Once--God knows how long ago--I had worried that I was keeping too much distance between myself and this alien time. Now, there was no distance at all. When had I stopped acting? Why had I stopped?" (220).
In what ways is this lack of "distance" evident in "The Storm"? How has Dana's relation to this "alien time" changed over the course of the narrative? Do you see any loss of her 1976 self in these chapters?
Take 5 minutes to contemplate these questions in your notebook.
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