At the beginning of story, Dina seems as if she doesn’t trust individuals easily, why does it look as if she trusted Heidi so easily?
Dina talks about memories she experience with her mother, why is it she doesn’t provide information about her father besides the fact that she doesn’t like him? Why does move in with her aunt and not her father?
If Dina felt bad for her poor word choice when trying to comfort Heidi, why did she choose not to attend her mother’s funeral? Dina also daydreams of visiting Heidi, do you believe she thinks she made a poor decisions by not attending the funeral?
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1. I think Dina trusted Heidi “easily” because of the connection they were able to make during their first encounter. Heidi cited a poem that they both knew, so Dina was able to open up to her because she believed they were similar for knowing the same poem. Also Heidi’s persistence to hang out with Dina, I believe, made Dina more likely to open up. Also in the text, when the author describes Dina and Heidi’s first encounter, there doesn’t seem to be an awkward silence or awkward conversation. They were able to hit things off from the get go.
1. I think Dina trusted Heidi “easily” because of the connection they were able to make during their first encounter. Heidi cited a poem that they both knew, so Dina was able to open up to her because she believed they were similar for knowing the same poem. Also Heidi’s persistence to hang out with Dina, I believe, made Dina more likely to open up. Also in the text, when the author describes Dina and Heidi’s first encounter, there doesn’t seem to be an awkward silence or awkward conversation. They were able to hit things off from the get go.