1. what happens to the characters dade and julian at the end of their respective stories? how are their situations similar?

2. in his final lecture to his mother, julian says: “you needn’t act as if the world had come to an end…because it hasn’t. from now on you’ve got to live in a new world and face a few realities for a change.” this statement is ironic because it applies to julian more than to his mother. how does this quotation apply to julian at the end of the story?

3. all of the selections in this unit address the concept of self-knowledge in some way. pick two of the selections and explain how they explore the ways in which characters either develop self-knowledge or their knowledge of themselves changes.