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e. Brave and Strong
Chris is a brave woman. Chris‘ journey with her husband in the Mojave
Dessert has changed her into a strong woman who would fight for her love. She is able to speak with her angel and her soul has grown. She has died so many times
here in the dessert and been reborn so many times, as well p. 162. This can be seen when Chris comes face-to-face with Valhalla. She looks directly into
Valhalla‘s eyes. Even though she feels dizzy because of the blinding sun and is certain that she will faint but this is
about a woman‘s pride. Valhalla‘s position as the leader of the Valkyries does not make her hesitate, too pp. 90-91.
Additionally, Chris also challenges Valhalla, the leader of the Valkyries. Chris screams at Valhalla, challenging Valhalla to face her on the ritual. On page 162, it
reads, ―Now, it‘s you and me, Valkyrie The Ritual That Demolishes Rituals‖
On the ritual, Chris walks to the very edge of a precipice and challenging Valhalla to do so. Chris challenges Valhalla because she knows that Valhalla tries
to take Paulo away from her. Chris does not hesitate to fight for her love and her man even if she has to face Valhalla, a strong and courageous woman, the leader
of the Valkyries. She even dresses like Valhalla, a strong character and a woman she admires and would like to be, and she has enough power to defeat her p.
164. She had transformed herself into a woman in love, who marched with her
man, carrying his sword when necessary, and protecting him from all danger. She was a strong woman, although she appeared to be a weak one.
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one more step. She says that she is going to survive because she is a courageous woman p. 165.
Chris‘s conviction to defeat Valhalla in the ritual shows that her Id, which called eros controls her personality.
Chris‘s eros has driven her to defend her love and her marriage in this forty-day journey. As it is stated by
Sigmund Freud that eros is the drive for survival, which operates at the unconscious level of our personality.
To sum up, Chris‘s challenge to Valhalla and her personal statement above
show that Chris is a brave and strong woman. Even though Chris looks weak, she is actually strong and brave. She will do anything to defend her love even doing
dangerous things.
B. The Meaning of Paulo and Chris’s Journey in the Mojave Desert
This part discusses the meaning of Paulo and Chris‘s journey in the desert
as seen in the novel. The discussion is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the surface meaning of their journey. The second part focuses on
discussing the deeper meaning of Paulo and Chris‘s journey.
1. The Literal Meaning of Paulo and Chris’s Journey in the Mojave Desert
Paulo and Chris‘s forty-day journey in Mojave Desert is in order to
complete Paulo task given by his master, J., and to talk face-to-face to his angel. J. sends Paulo to the Mojave Desert to meet a person named Gene, who could help
Paulo in completing his task. Paulo has to meet Gene in order to learn to converse
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