11 September 2001 Attacks
Among the major incidents in United States history, these attacks on New York and Washington killed thousands and led to substantial changes in law and public perception. A generation-defining moment, it marks a shift from the twentieth century to the twenty-first.
Brugada Syndrome
The medical condition in which the protagonist’s father is a specialist, this heart problem is caused by underlying genetics and produces a dangerously irregular heartbeat. The protagonist’s father specializing in it can be read as an indicator of a fundamental problem with his emotional heart, something which the novel supports.
It’s a Wonderful Life
A wildly and enduring popular movie, described as the favorite film of several characters in the novel, this work presents a guardedly optimistic view of idealized life in the United States. It serves as something of an aspirational, Utopian vision to which the events of the...
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