A Circle?

                In To Follow the Waves by Amal El – Mohtar I found interesting that it is a story of fate. Even though you dream of one that you really want, fate can deal you a different deck. I found it interesting that they used to dreams throughout the story. It seemed like Hessa created other people’s dreams instead of creating her and when she finally does she does not become happy.

                I also found it interesting those connections between the stone and the sea. One connection is on how the stone sings a song that a person must learn in order to create a masterpiece. As a person that is told this everyone places a piece next to their ears in order to attempt to hear the song. Which I find funny because it seems to complete and round circle within the story because of that fact the Hessa’s master was unhappy about her life and wish time can go back and become a young women. Hessa does it to attempt to learn about the crafting skills. But when Hessa becomes the masters and is taking on an apprentice, Hessa is also unhappy about her life and her apprentice does the same thing as what Hessa does in the beginning of her training.

                I feel like there is a circle in a life within this story and the characters may change except for the feeling and ideas never change.