Essay Questions

How does Dorian/Dieter betray Dr. Kate Warner?

Dorian/Dieter betrays Dr. Kate Warner by charming her and then leaving her when she becomes pregnant. He takes the fetus of the baby without her knowing. He does this to exact revenge on her father. It causes her great pain and makes her leave her life in San Francisco and take up her research in Jakarta, Indonesia.

How do Kate Warner and Dorian/Dieter’s views on family differ?

Kate Warner never knew her mother and was told her father died when she was six years old. She does not know her family. Kate cannot understand the hatred that Dorian/Dieter feels because too she has the closure of believing her father to be dead. Dorian/Dieter does not have closure since his father disappeared. He wants to find his father and impress him with the man that he has become. He wants his father to be proud that he is so intelligent and followed in his father’s footsteps.

How is David Vale betrayed by the people he thought he could trust the most?

David Vale is betrayed by members of Clocktower who are part of Immari and take over the Clocktower stations. They kill the agents who will not join the Immari team and David is left running for his life. The biggest betrayal is when David finds out that the Director of Clocktower is Malloy Craig, the man who hired Patrick Pierce in 1918. David trusted this man and is betrayed by him. Craig leaves David alive because he likes him and wants him to become part of the Immari.