- Does the fact that Dina prefers to play Russian Roulette, opposed to the harmless game Trust, tell us the way she perceives the world? Does the fact that she refuses to play the game shows us how hostility towards trusting?
- Does the relationship between Heidi and Dina reveal something about Dina? The way she engaged with Heidi right away, when she hadn’t really spoken to anyone ever, tells us anything? Like what about Heidi did she relate, or connect to? Why was Heidi different from the rest of the people that she tuned out?
- Why does Dina talk about the dream she had with her mother? Was it to show us that she wasn’t always dispassionate, and reclusive? OR was it show the similarities between the relationship she had with her mother and the relationship she had with Heidi?
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Dina’s preference to play Russian Roulette opposed to the harmless game, Trust, tells us that she doesn’t really care much about the world. Dina thought that the world is pretty messed up because she didn’t really grow up with much parental guidance as her mother passed away and she didn’t really trust or like her father. The fact that she was willing to play Russian Roulette instead of the faithful fall backward game of Trust, showed that she didn’t care much about her life either. It showed that she was willing to risk her life for a dangerous game just for some “fun.” The fact that she refused to play the game of trust, showed us her hostility towards trusting someone as it wasn’t really easy for her. Her refusal to play the game also showed that she was a social outcast.