Chapter 8-12 Quiz

2. What connection does Ashmol make between the land covered with seawater and Pobby and Dingan? Why is that important to the story?
      When Ashmol is on the way to the claim, he remembers his father told him that the area of claims was covered with sea water hundreds year ago. Ashmol is amazed by this fact, he thinks "That a sea was once here where now there is nothing but dry land." Then Ashmol connects this with Pobby and Dingan, who are also hard to believe that they are real people. Ashmol believes that anything can be real since the miracle such like the seawater can happen, so Pobby and Dingan might be real people. As a result of this, Ashmol really looks for Pobby and Dingan in the claim. He does not pretend to find them or just sits there for a while, but he really tries to look for them. When Ashmol does this, he finds "a massive heap of rubble in their corner", the Violet Crumble Chocolate Bar, and the yo-yo size green, red black opal. These things lead him think about Pobby and Dingan are buried under the rubbles and introduce the story after that. Because of these, the seawater is important to the story.

    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?
      Dreams are always important to people, if a person does not have a dream, then his life has not difference between a small fish. In the novel Pobby And Dingan, dreams and imaginations are two of the most important parts that make up the story. Everyone has a dream in the story, the main character Ashmol has a dream, Ashmol's mother Annie has a dream, and his father Rex has a dream. Rex has a dream about finding good opals that he can sell them for big money. But it is not easy to successes, so Rex becomes more and more crazy about finding opals, like Ashmol says "He'd go crazy with excitement and then he wouldn't let me buy Pobby and Dingan a grave with it (the opal), and then Kellyanne wouldn't get any better." Rex counts opal above many things in his life, such as his family. Because of this dream, Rex comes to this countryside in Australia and digs for the opals that might not exist. Then he loses his confident, which leads him does not do a lot of works for Kellyanne at the later in the story. In total, I think Rex is struggled with his dream and can not get out from this dream.
      In the story, Kellyanne's belief in Pobby and Dingan starts from the beginning to the end. Pobby and Dingan are just like the dreams of Rex's, Annie's and Ashmol's. They are all "unseen", but if people believe they are real, then they are real. Like Kellyanne believe Pobby and Dingan are real, and Rex believes he will find opals and makes big money. These are the same, because people need comforts in their lives. All of the people want to live a happy lives. Moreover, some people get struggled by the dream, like Rex; but some people get motivation form the dream, like Ashmol. In my opinion, because everyone wants a better life, they have the "unseen" dreams. And so does Kellyanne, she believes in Pobby and Dingan. These are the connections between Kellyanne's belief in Pobby and Dingan with the "unseen" dreams.