B. The closing lines of the book state: “All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite
cost to themselves these Maginot Lines' against this enemy they thought they saw across the
frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way—if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the
enemy.”
1. Why do you think we "construct" enemies in our life? From a psychoanalyst's
perspective, why is it easier to make someone an enemy than a friend?