READ chapters 7-9 of Housekeeping
MAKE A LIST of recurring themes or symbols (leitmotifs) that you notice as you read. Some of the ones that we discussed in class included trains, death/suicide, water (snow, flood, lake), darkness. Feel free to use these and any additional ones that grab your attention. Then, as you read, note each time that this theme or symbol appears in the text. Under the heading of "train," for instance, you might include:
-- grandfather's death/train derailment, pp 5-6
-- grandmother's obituary/recounting of train derailment, pp 40
etc.
I'd like to see at least 4 major themes or symbols, and at least 6 instances of each in the text.
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