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104. Dream House as Choose Your Own Adventure
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in In the Dream House, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Queer Visibility
Christianity and Shame
Abuse, Trauma, and Healing
Storytelling, Responsibility, and Freedom
Summary
Analysis
In the “pit” of her time at the Dream House, Machado fantasizes about dying in a freak accident. She forgets she has the option to leave.
Machado feels so trapped in her relationship that death seems an easier and more realistic method of escape than simply leaving the woman.
Themes
