Throughout the beginning of the novel, Amabelle's dreams constantly include thoughts of her parents and her home. Her dreams seem to represent her feelings of incompleteness and lack. After she begins her journey to return to hati the dreams stop. I feel this is be cause she has put her mind at ease. Amabelle initially dreams because she believes her passt has disappeared and is unaltainble to her. When she finally takes action to search for what she is missing she puts her mind at ease.
My dreams work in a similar fashion. In times when I'm stressed I find that my dreams are more vivid and powerful. When i am feeling more carefree I don't have as vibrant dreams and most often can not even remember them.
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I agree with Ian in the idea that Amabelle's dreams stop because she is at ease. I think the novel's theme of dual-consciousness is central to the momentary lapse in Amabelle's dreams. Considering that she's living in DR while being Haitian. I think the lapse occurs when she returns to Haiti because she is returning home.
I feel that returning to Haiti makes even more permanent to Amabelle that her parents and Sebastien are gone, hence the lapse.
This is ironic when considering my own dreams, however, because the lack of someone's presence in my life often sparks dreams. The most vivid of my dreams are about people I am away from or missing. I think I dream about them when I do not conciously recognize that I am missing them.
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