Discuss the reasons that Pierre wanted to be Jeanette's lover and be thought of more than Jean. Was it competition, love, or simply a conquest?

In Little Birds when Manuel looked at the apartment and saw that there were young girls playing right outside was this a factor in his wanting the apartment? Explain. If not when did it become a plan?

Why did the woman on the dunes tell Louis the story of the hanging in Paris? Why did she share this and then was gone when Louis awakened?

In Sirocco the Viking princess says she had hoped she could find peace here. Was the peace that she was seeking for in relation to the story she told? If so what about it was bothering her?

In the tale of Two Sisters Edna takes another lover while her husband is away. Why doesn't...