1. What is muscular dystrophy? How does it develop? Is there a cure, or a possibility of a cure?

2. How might living on an island affect the way people live their lives?

3. How does economic background affect the way different people view decision making in their lives?

4. What does it mean to be a family? Can non-blood relations be considered "family members" as much as blood relations? What does it mean, in today's world, to be a "blood relation"?

5. How does the welfare system operate in the United States? Is it a viable option for people in need of monetary assistance?

6. How does the weather affect the way people live their lives?

7. Caitlin makes some fairly severe life decisions regarding where she lives, how she lives, and who she marries.

What might lead a person to make such sudden, drastic life...