What bonded loreda and her father together

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1. In Kristin Hannah's "The Four Winds", what did Rafe represent to Elsa on the night they met? Was it simply sex and loneliness? Was there something that was more involved? Was there another small defiance against her parents' small-mindedness? What does it say about Elsa that she went with Rafe so willingly?

2. What do we think about Rafe? Was he as trapped by his family's expectations as Elsa had been by her own? Did we expect him to leave? If so, why did Rafe leave, and what did he chase out west? Is it worth having sympathy for how broken he felt by the poverty and hardship? Should Elsa have agreed to go with him? How did Elsa aim to fill his void, and why did she believe she loved him even after the abandonment?

3. What bonded Loreda and her father together? What dreams did they share? Did they intend to exclude Elsa, whom they perceive as just a workhorse? Or was she partially to blame for being ostracized? How did her lack of self-esteem color her relationships with her husband and eldest child?

4. Life was very different for unmarried young women in earlier generations. Expectations for their future were sharply defined. How was Elsa shaped by these expectations, and her failure to meet them? Would have been the same for her in New York City? How difficult is it to defy both family and society in a small town (even if it's not in relation to gender issues)?

5. Life in California was not at all what the migrants expected, what advertisements had led them to believe. The locals treated them badly, and were afraid of them. WHY did the locals treat the migrants badly? How does the treatment of migrants in California during the Great Depression mirror the treatment of immigrants today? In what ways is it the same, and in what ways is it different?

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