The Cage
This was the total number of women imprisoned in the cage
What is 40
What is “a child about 13”
The landscape outside the cage is described as this
What is “barren/desert“
This is the most dominant theme of the novel
What is “isolation“
The narrator often reflects on this paradox of her identity: she is a woman but lacks this
What is “experience“
These mysterious figures controlled the cage but never spoke to the women
Who are ”the guards”
The narrator was different from the others because she had no memory of this
What is “the world before the cage”
After escaping the women eventually all meet this fate
What is “death”
The narrators inability to remember or imagine love represents this larger theme
What is “loss of identity/lack of human experience
This emotion is almost entirely absent in the women interactions
What is “ love or empathy“
The women had no idea what had happened to the world outaide because they were in this type of environment
What is “complete isolation“
The narrator often reflects on the absence in her life, which others take for granted
What is “ human”
After all the others die the narrator continues doing this
What is “wandering“
The narrator compares herself to what (constantly moving/never belonging)
What is a “nomad or animal “
In the end, the narrator realizes that what defined her exist is not memory , identity or love but this
What is “the act of survivin/ continuin/seeking meaning