Requiem+For+A+Dream+Book+Meetings

__**Summary Meeting #1:**__ We discussed what happened up until the page we stopped which is page 98. In the beginning of the book Harry took his mother's T.V. to sell it to a man for money for heroin. His mother ends up going to buy it back which she has done many times before. Harry talks with Tyrone about selling some heroin to eventually getting money to pick up a pound of pure heroin. Harry's mother gets a recorded call from a game show host. It was one of those scam phone calls saying that they want her to be on T.V. As an old lady, she thinks this whole phone call is real. She sees herself on T.V. and wants to fit into her red dress when she is on. It was the same dress she wore to Harry's high school graduation. She realizes she cannot fit into it and wants to loose weight so she could. She finds diet books and tries to follow them. She looks at the refrigerator but she knows she cant eat. She sees/thinks the fridge is jumping out at her for not eating. Right at the end of this section, Harry and Marion talk about Marion going back to therapy. Harry doesn't like the fact that he is a guy and she goes out to dinner with him. She does promise him that nothing would happen. This was talked about at the end of this section. __**Questions:**__ 1.) Why does Harry steal his mother's T.V. set?

Harry steals his mother's T.V. so he can sell it and get money for heroin.

2.) Why did Harry's mother start taking diet pills?

She starts taking pills because she wants to loose weight to fit into the dress for when she is on 'TV'.

3.) What is Harry's relationship with Marion and Tyrone?

Marion is Harry's girlfriend and Tyrone is Harry's best friend.

4.) Why doesn't Harry's mother call the cops on him for the things he does?

Harry is her only relative and if he was gone then she would have no one.

5.) Why does Marion still need to go to her therapist?

She still needs to go because she doesn't want her parents to know she stopped going.