Tamina Timeline and Summary

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• Tamina learns that Bibi is going to Prague for vacay and forms a plan to have her pick up her old notebooks from her in-laws' place.
• We learn about Tamina's life with her husband in Prague, her fears about memory loss, and her inability to be with another man.
• Tamina plays up to Hugo, who has a crush on her, because he has a telephone and she needs to arrange things in Prague.
• Tamina and Hugo go to the zoo, and Tamina has a creepy encounter with speechless ostriches.
• Tamina has to form an alternate plan when she learns that Bibi isn't going to Prague. Hugo offers to go for her—then uses this favor to push her into sex with him.
• The physical contact with Hugo makes Tamina sick and ruins her mental image of her husband.
• Tamina learns that her papers have been kept in an unlocked desk in Prague, and she's pretty sure that others have been reading them. She feels violated.
• Hugo tells Tamina that he can't go to Prague—because of a controversial article he has written. Tamina retreats almost entirely from the world.
• Raphael appears in the café and charms Tamina into his car. He takes her to a boat.
• Tamina arrives on an island of children and has to cope with their creepy stares and desires.
• Tamina eventually gives in and lets the children touch her. It's great at first, but then things go wrong.
• The children attack Tamina. She eventually gets the chance to attempt to escape by swimming from the island.
• After swimming for an entire day and getting nowhere, Tamina succumbs to the waters while the children watch.