My seminar was on Rose Hsu Without Wood. The seminar was okay, my questions did not have a lot of discussion, but I did get enough information to sum up an answer. My first question was Is the appearance of nengkan apparent or more apparent in Rose in this chapter than in the last? If so, in what form do you see it? Well someone answered that Roses decision to want the house and go against Ted was an appearance of nengkan. That is what I thought it was too. Normally Rose does not really have nengkan, but now that she wants the house she has put her mind on it and will get it.
My second question was Why do you think it is that Rose does not have dreams anymore, unlike when she was growing up, but then suddenly has a nightmare? There was more of a discussion for this question, which had differebt answers. Some thought that she was not dreaming because she was sick or depressed, others thought the dream was her clearing her mind/head. The class also said the nightmare was her snapping awake and becoming appart of reality. Others said it was an explosion of tension that had built up over the strain of her marriage. All points make sense and I agree with them all.
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In your second question about the nightmare, i really believe that is was tension- related. Stress levels can cause bad dreams, and this may have led into Rose snapping back to reality.
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