In this metaphor, Rosemary would be the daughter with jewels and flowers, but this doesn’t seem to fit. If Fern is the daughter who gets sent away, then that would make her the daughter whose words are snakes and toads. One daughter’s “words turn to jewels and flowers, the other’s to snakes and toads” (pg. The fairy tale of the two sisters comes up multiple times. Why did Rosemary need to talk so much as a young child? Did it have anything to do with Fern? What causes her to stop talking? Would she still have turned out like this under different circumstances? Why is it important to the story that she was such a talker and now can’t open up? Is this true? Are there any traits that aren’t shared between humans and chimpanzees?
What traits does Rosemary seem to have picked up from Fern? What are the consequences of these traits? Rosemary figures out that she likes Harlow because she acts a lot like Fern did.
Here are my discussion questions on We Are Completely Beside Ourselves:
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