Notes on "The Dream House" written by Craig Higginson. Summaries of each part. Character sketches included with notes on themes. important quotes and possible essay topics also in notes.
Basic info of the book covered
No. Chapters
Patricia 24
Richard 8
Looksmart 14
Beauty 12
Bheki 4
John Ford 1
, Patricia Wiley
- Protagonist
- Caring towards all
- Generous
- Loving
- Physically falling apart
- Concerned about the future of her employees
- Helped Looksmart receive an education
- Helps Beauty save to build her very own “Dream house”
- Sent Bheki for his license
- Has had the same car for many years. Suggests she is
materialistic.
- No man in her life can compare to the great man her father
was.
- Her relationship with John Ford was mainly physical there is
not evident emotional spark or connection
- Patricia still visited John after their sexual relationship ended.
Shows that she still cared for him.
- She is now fed up with John Ford
- Patricia tries to avoid external and internal conflict
- Can easily tell Looksmart is putting on a “show”
- Happy person who holds onto good memories or remembers
all the good things in a memory
- Fishing incident
- Is Patricia paternalistic?
- She never knew why Looksmart left
- She and Richard were in a lot of debt thats why they sold the
farm
- The farm was not profitable or prosperous
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