How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It was at dinner one night not long after I began to live with them that they began to call me the Visitor. They said I seemed not to be a part of things [. . .] For look at the way I stared at them as they ate, Lewis said. Had I never seen anyone put a forkful of French-cut green beans in his mouth before? (1.14).
Wow, Lewis, way to make Lucy feel even more removed from "things" by calling out her Visitor status. We've got to wonder if Lucy's staring makes him feel a bit like a foreigner, which prompts him to give her the Visitor moniker so he can feel normal again.
Quote #5
When Lewis finished telling his story, I told them my dream. When I finished, they both fell silent [. . .] Lewis made a clucking noise, then said, Poor, poor Visitor. And Mariah said, Dr. Freud for Visitor, and I wondered why she said that, for I did not know who Dr. Freud was (1.15).
So, yeah, it's pretty common to turn to doc Freud to explain all things dream-related, especially when it comes to, uh, erotic dreams like the one Lucy shares here. But Lucy's reaction suggests that looking for psychological explanations to such things might be an especially North American tendency.
Quote #6
From my room I could see the lake. I had read of this lake in geography books, had read of its origins and its history, and now to see it up close was odd, for it looked so ordinary, gray, dirty, unfriendly, not a body of water to make up a song about (2.26).
And the moral of this story is: beware of geography books. Lucy's observation suggests that a foreigner's experience of life in the U.S. might be rife with disappointments such as this given the extent to which America the Beautiful's landmarks are often hyped up.