Well, the book is finished. Now it is time to think up an essay. It seems to me that the theme for The Dollmaker is to let go, accept things that cannot be changed (perfect book for me to read now, huh?), but also that it is important to hold on to a dream of a better life someday. Except with the dream, one must work toward the goal, and take the oppurtunity when it arises. There is a reason that Arnow wrote the book, but it is the whole evaluation thing that has me all hung up. If only we could do our evaluations orally! It would be so much easier.