In this part of the novel, Vida Winter explains how she considers her past to be a "compost heap". I find this interesting in the content in which she elaborates upon the analogy because I can relate it to my own life's experiences. Our memories and things that we have done in the past are what make us, and as they break down we become even the further product of our actions. Do you agree that even though the past can be forgotten, it is carried on within our continued, living being? I also can’t help but think that there is some connection between Margaret’s twin mystery and Vida’s past itself.
Makero
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Makero,
Responding to your initiation, I must agree with the fact that we are our past. I think that Vida will lie to Margaret at first to build up her trust, and then maybe reveal the truth at the end. I don’t really think that there is a connection between Margaret’s twin problem and Vida’s faked past. However, I do think that both situations may have something to do with why Vida Winter is seemingly comfortable with talking to Margaret. It is kind of interesting that Vida didn’t really seem to exist until her books did. This makes the book seem more toward a supernatural theme, especially since you don't know whether Vida Winter truly exists as a physical person or if she is a “ghost.”
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