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The inescapable past as a ghost· Needful ThingsCompulsive gambling· Needful ThingsManufactured resentment· Needful ThingsCastle Rock’s “He’ll get over it” ethos· Needful ThingsThe cost of the bargain· Needful ThingsGrief and guilt· Needful ThingsDesire mistaken for need· Needful ThingsA chain of violence driven by resentment· Needful ThingsMarriage as war· Needful ThingsGaunt’s bargains· Needful ThingsGaunt’s cross-wiring game· Needful Things“Going ghost”· Needful ThingsNeedful Things’ dreamlike bargains· Needful ThingsNeedful Things’ bargain contracts· Needful ThingsThe bargain and its price· Needful Things“The Persecutors”· Needful ThingsThe price of need· Needful Things“They”· Needful ThingsThe Come Up· On the Come UpDoctor Sot's Winged Creature Phenomenon· Dark Lies the IslandEvan’s spell· Dark Lies the IslandFaces at the windows· Dark Lies the IslandReal Ale Club's 0 to 10 beer rating system· Dark Lies the IslandSilvija’s theory of artistic creation· Dark Lies the IslandThe mainland campaign· Dark Lies the IslandThe Flitcraft parable (chance and adaptation)· The Maltese FalconSpade’s professional code· The Maltese FalconThe fall-guy strategy· The Maltese FalconNose and social status· The NoseOfficial hierarchy worship and bureaucratic hierarchy· The NoseThe Absurd and the Unexplainable Everyday· The NoseBeauty as an action· The Bluest EyeWhite beauty aesthetic· The Bluest EyeSeason structure and children's time· The Bluest EyePecola as the community’s scapegoat· The Bluest EyeLove can become harm· The Bluest EyeBlue-eyed beautiful ideal· The Bluest EyeThe gaze, invisibility, and “unbeing”· The Bluest EyeDick-and-Jane primer· The Bluest EyeMarigolds and barren soil· The Bluest EyeGod’s failure and theological questioning· The Bluest EyeContinuation and transfer of sexual violence· The Bluest EyeFunkiness· The Bluest EyeInternalized racism· The Bluest EyeMarigolds· The Bluest EyeOutdoors· The Bluest Eye“Quiet as it's kept” and narrative complicity· The Bluest EyeWhite beauty standards· The Bluest EyeReligious liberty· Common SenseNatural Rights and Human Equality· Common SenseIndependence· Common SenseReconciliation with Britain· Common SenseThe government as a necessary evil· Common SenseCritique of Hereditary Succession· Common SenseAnti-monarchy· Common SenseContinental union· Common SenseRepublicanism· Common SenseSight, blindness, and insight· The SonCorruption, loyalty, and betrayal· The SonThe rule of law and vigilante justice· The SonDrowning and diving· The SonSecond chances and self-reform· The SonFree will and determinism· The SonVigilante justice in the name of punishment· The SonSons inheriting their fathers’ fate· The SonPaternal influence and inheritance· The SonLove as disease and addiction· The SonJustice beyond the law· The SonForgiveness and mercy· The SonBlindness, sight, and seeing· The SonGambling addiction· The SonConfession and absolution· The SonLove as salvation· The SonFate and chance· The SonAppearances versus reality· The SonSelling one’s soul to the Twin· The SonThe Mole· The SonA creative philosophy grounded in completion· The World According to GarpGarp’s anxiety about children’s safety and overprotection· The World According to Garp"Read the work, forget the life."· The World According to GarpDesire and its destructive effects on marriage· The World According to GarpRealistic novelistic imagination· The World According to GarpA doctor who sees only terminal cases· The World According to GarpWomen’s independence and the choice of solitude· The World According to GarpGender antagonism and polarization· The World According to GarpThe separation of art and social responsibility· The World According to GarpAllen Jamesism· The World According to GarpGarp’s view of comedy: laughter alongside tragedy and compassion· The World According to GarpEnergy as life force and creativity· The World According to GarpClass conflict and upper-class privilege· The World According to GarpMemory and Remembrance· The World According to GarpWriting to carry sorrow· The World According to GarpBears as a recurring motif· The World According to GarpTruth and fiction in Garp’s storytelling· The World According to GarpClass C and reclassification· The World According to GarpDeath and mortality· The World According to GarpDuncan’s “imaginary eye”· The World According to GarpMale desire and shared culpability· The World According to GarpFear of death and losing loved ones· The World According to GarpEllen Jamesianism· The World According to Garp