Section 2: 52-114

• Rosemary and guy have dinner with the Castevets. Guy surprisingly likes speaking wit Mr. Castevet and finds his conversation interesting. 
• Mr. Castevet tells how he has traveled everywhere.
• The pope is in New York City and they speak about his arrival.
• When they return home rosemary thinks to herself how she will get pregnant by "accident" because Guy claims he isn't ready yet. She thinks to herself that if they were living together and not married that she would be pregnant already. 
• Mrs. Castevet brings her friend Laura- Louise over to Rosemary's apartment after Laura-Louise has already met Guy due to the fact that Guy went on another visit to see Mr.Castevet. Laura- Louise meets Rosemary.
• Mrs. Castevet gives Rosemary the chain/locket that used to belong to Terry and Rosemary awkwardly accepts it.
• Guy gets a call from the studio of the place where he was competing for. The actor who originally got the part has somehow becomes blind and Guy is given the part. He becomes quiet but soon apologizes and tells Rosemary he's ready to have a baby and tells her when her most fertile days are so that they can accomplish their goal.
• Rosemary prepares a meal for Guy and herself. Guy forgets the dessert but like a superhero saving the say, Mrs. Castevet, has made chocolate mousse in abundance and has two spare servings and gives them to Guy. Guy finds it tasty and Rosemary thinks it taste's strange.
• Rosemary goes to lie down, faints, and drifts off to sleep unwillingly because she still wants to have "baby night". Rosemary has a dream that she was being raped during some sort of ritual and wakes up discovering scars on her body, she then finds out that Guy had sex with her while she was asleep. He lightly blames it on the alcohol they drank the night before and justifies his actions saying he thought that was what she would have wanted. Rosemary is not comfortable with the idea of Guy doing that.
• Rosemary misses her period and Guy suspects she is pregnant. Rosemary does not wish to push her luck. She makes a bet that her period will come by the next day. She loses the bet; her period does not come. 
• Rosemary visits Dr. Hill and  he confirms she is pregnant; Rosemary is happy. 
• Rosemary tells Guy and he tells the Castevets who refer her to another doctor; Dr. Abe Sapirstein.

Additional Thoughts:

I think that the plot is coming together well. I believe that the Castevet's are trying to manipulate Rosemary and her pregnancy. I think that the dream will some how come back in the end of the book and lead into the rising action. I think that something had happened to Guy also, he is acting very strange. 

Additional thoughts:

Comment on the style of the novel. Is it easy or is it hard to understand? Why? How does it compare to anything else we have read in novel class?

The book is very straight forward and easy to read. There are a few phrases and terms that I am not particularly familiar with, but I believe that to be because of the time period in which the book was written. This novel, compared     to others we have read, would be most like Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Kate Chopin's The Storm. They are all relatively easy to read with a few phrases that native to the time period in which the book was written as well as the stories settings.

What message or main theme seems to be developing? How do you know? Give specific quotes from the novel to show.

So far, the message that seems to be developing as I read is that many of the people around Rosemary greatly influence her whether it be through her actions, thoughts, or decisions, whether she realizes or not. I know this because for example, while spending an evening with Rosemary, religion is discussed. Rosemary was brought up catholic but has strayed away over time although she still retains some beliefs. When asked about the Pope's visit to New York City, rosemary responds to a question about his "holy-ness" saying, ' i guess I've been conditioned to have respect for him and I still do, even if I don't think he's holy anymore (page 56). This, Rosemary's response comes after the Castevet's as well as Guy agree that the Pope in not holy. Rosemary later talks to her sister who is shocked that she did not go out to see the Pope when there are people in Omaha, which is where Rosemary is from, that are taking planes to visit. Her sister expects it because Rosemary married, Guy, a Protestant. This instances prove that depending on who she is around shape her thoughts and actions.

Describe any new characters. What is their purpose?

A friend of Mrs. Castevet, Laura-Louise, is introduced. I think she knows a lot about what is really going on. I think that she knows a certain secret  that will be uncovered later on in the novel. She is cautious of what she says, but has the occasional slip-up. I think her purpose, all though she has a brief role so far, is to give Rosemary hints about whats going on, mostly because of her slip-ups.

Dr. Hill is the initial doctor that Rosemary visits who confirms that she is pregnant, which she of course has been hoping all along. His purpose isn't clear so far but I think that she is going to end up wanting to see him if the other doctor doesn't work out.

Dr. Abe Sapirstein is also introduced. I believe  his purpose is becoming Rosemary's new doctor. I think he is part of the big secret also, and that he is going to somewhat play a major part in the novel, and will lead to the rising action.