Quiz chapter 8-12 P&D

2. What connection does Asmol make between the land covered with seawater and Pobby and Dingan? Why is that important to the story?

        On the way Ashmol went to the claim to find Pobby and Dingan, he remember he heard about Lightning Ridge was once covered by seawater before, he think this is something that really happened but sound unbelievable, after this he started think about that" suddenly I thought......was true too"(p.568). Lightning Ridge was covered by seawater can happen, so why not Pobby and Dingan can be true? Ashmol started being believe that Pobby and Dingan were really exist, although he forced himself to don't think about this, he had already being curious in his mind. So this is the turning point of the story, because of this thought, Ashmol really paid attention in the claim to look for Pobby and Dingan, instead of just pretending. If he didn't think about Lightning Ridge was once covered by sea water, and started think Pobby and Dingan were true, he may not looking for Pobby and Dingan for real in the claim. So it is very important that Ashmol think about seawater covered Lightning Ridge and make connection with Poddy and Dingan. 

5. In the very end of the novel, Ashmol talks about what it’s like to “believe in something which is hard to see. Or to keep looking for something that’s totally hard to find.” Discuss the importance of imagination and dreams in this novel. Why are they so important even if they cannot be seen. Consider what dreams Rex, the father, and Annie, the mother, have in the story. Consider, also, the dream that Ashmol has. How do those "unseen" dreams connect to Kellyanne's belief in Pobby and Dingan?

 

       Every characters in this story have dream, and Lightning Ridge is a place where full with dream. People dreaming they can find opal and be rich in here, that is why people come to this poor land and start their mining life. Dream is important, dream bring people a goal for their life. People in Lightning Ridge all have the same goal, which is finding opal. Although dream and the imagination are unseen, they are important to people, they keep people alive.  

         In the story, Annie who is the mother of Ashmol and Kellyanne have a dream to follow his husband Rex to Lightning Ridge to find opal, and later she has another dream to go back to England. Her first dream makes her give up a good opportunity to marry with a rich and good man, instead she follow Rex who have a dream to find opal. Rex dream also become her dream, the dream supports her to keep staying in Lightning Ridge with Rex. Her son Ashmol who also has a dream, his dream is very big but also very simple, he wants his family can become better and in his dream he wants his mother and father's dream can come true. Kellyanne is a special exist in the story, she believe in she had two imagination friends, this support to alive until now, her imagination bring her happiness, her happiest time is the time she stay with Pobby and Dingan. Those are the things what is "unseen", but not every one can have them, you need to have belief, and those unseen things is the things support people to keep living in their life, and it is reason for them to love in the world.