Characters
This character describes herself as a Black Widow Spider.
Who is Heather LeLache
These types of dreams change reality.
What is an effective dream.
The Lathe of Heaven is set in this city.
What is Portland.
What is the central philosophical question the novel explores through George’s dreams?
What is whether humans should control reality or let it unfold naturally
What ambitious character attempts to alter reality to his own ideal?
Who is Dr. Haber
This is the shocking result of George dreaming about overpopulation.
What is a plague that kills six billion people.
George goes to this place, which was the result of a dream, to escape from Haber and sort out his thoughts.
What is his cabin.
What theme is symbolized by George’s refusal to intentionally manipulate his dreams?
What is the importance of free will.
This character is compared to a goose with a golden egg
Who is George Orr.
Haber tells George to dream of this, and instead a space battle breaks out.
What is peace?
This mountain was featured on the mural in Dr. Haber's office until George changed it in a dream.
What is Mt. Hood.
What does the title The Lathe of Heaven suggest metaphorically?
What is that the mind is a lathe that shapes reality.
Who is the first person to die from George's dreams?
Who is aunt Helen.
George's unmonitored effective dream had this effect.
This river, mentioned in the novel, has a tunnel underneath of it.
What is the Willamette.
What two opposing concepts do George and Haber represent?
What is George represents acceptance; Haber represents control.
This being, who is compared to a turtle, appears in Ch. 8, as a result of George's most recent dream.
What is the alien
After he discovers the result of the plague, Haber makes this toast.
What is, "To a better world"
This natural disaster occurs in ch. 8, causing major changes to the institute where Haber has his office and to Portland.
What is the eruption of Mt. Hood.
Which Eastern philosophy influences the novel’s themes of inaction and harmony with the world?
What is Taoism