Heidi becomes increasingly persistent in pursuing Dina, seeking her out after her classes and appointments. He questions Dina about her revolver choice and her feelings toward her parents.
Raeburn, a psychiatrist described as a chain smoker with gray hair and beige teeth. They discuss their mutual poetry class and their individual struggles. Dina, confused by Heidi’s appearance, thought she was a lesbian. Eventually, she opens the door to a girl named Heidi, who is upset due to being publicly shamed for a sexual encounter with a fellow student. Dina expresses her discomfort with the black students at Yale, finding their pretense of not being privileged pitiful. Initially, she refuses, believing that the person is white because black people wouldn’t knock on doors while crying. Several weeks later, Dina hears a knock on her door and a person pleading to be let in. The dean remains perplexed, and Dina faces repercussions: a year of psychiatric counseling, weekly meetings with the dean, and a transfer to a single room in her dormitory. She attributes her choice to the university’s historical architecture, imagining it during a time when most students owned slaves. Dina, feeling cynical and confrontational, selects a revolver.Īs a consequence of her choice, Dina sits in the dean’s office trying to explain her response. She finds the orientation games, which involve trust exercises like falling backward into the arms of classmates, frustrating and prefers Russian roulette over them.ĭina refuses to participate in the Trust game, and her orientation counselor comments that she should not feel the need to conform to a white, patriarchal system. Later, the students play a game where they choose to be inanimate objects. The story begins with Dinab sharing her experience during freshman orientation at Yale University.
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