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Werther’s unrequited love for Charlotte· The Sorrows of Young WertherDrug addiction· Hillbilly ElegyPoverty· Hillbilly ElegyCultural alienation during class mobility· Hillbilly ElegyWorking-class community poverty and social dislocation· Hillbilly ElegyConcentrated poverty and income segregation· Hillbilly ElegyUnequal access to social-capital opportunities· Hillbilly ElegyEconomic and social decline in the Rust Belt and Appalachia· Hillbilly ElegyTrauma-induced chronic stress and hypervigilance· Hillbilly ElegyChildhood adversity and trauma· Hillbilly ElegyWorking-class pessimism and distrust of institutions· Hillbilly ElegyChildhood trauma· Hillbilly ElegyFamily instability· Hillbilly ElegyDomestic violence· Hillbilly ElegyPrescription-drug addiction· Hillbilly ElegyBill’s cancer diagnosis· AnimalsBill Joyce’s lung cancer· AnimalsBill’s cancer· AnimalsJean Johnson’s pregnancy and childbirth· AnimalsJim Partington’s sobriety· AnimalsJim’s sobriety· AnimalsLaura Joyce and Jim Partington’s engagement· AnimalsLaura Joyce’s recurrent binge drinking· AnimalsTyler’s estrangement from her father· AnimalsTyler Johnson’s recreational drug use· AnimalsTyler’s substance misuse· AnimalsAni’s extreme weight loss· Luckiest Girl AliveAni’s health anxiety· Luckiest Girl AliveAni’s insomnia· Luckiest Girl AliveAni’s trauma after the assault· Luckiest Girl AliveAni’s trauma following the rape· Luckiest Girl AliveArthur’s psychopathy· Luckiest Girl AliveBen’s depression and suicidal tendencies· Luckiest Girl AliveBradley’s post-attack closure and rebuilding· Luckiest Girl AliveBradley’s culture of bullying and institutional protection· Luckiest Girl AliveDean’s paralysis· Luckiest Girl AliveHilary’s amputation· Luckiest Girl AliveTifAni’s public suspicion and ostracism· Luckiest Girl AliveTifAni FaNelli’s trauma and hypervigilance· Luckiest Girl AliveTifAni’s disordered eating and compulsive exercise· Luckiest Girl AliveTifAni’s ostracism and victim-blaming at Bradley· Luckiest Girl AliveTifAni’s pre-wedding ambivalence· Luckiest Girl AliveMama Elena's Paralysis· Like Water for ChocolateTita's Suspected Pregnancy· Like Water for ChocolateTurmoil and Violence During the Revolution· Like Water for ChocolateRosaura's Loss of Fertility· Like Water for ChocolateTita's Chronic Chill· Like Water for ChocolateMama Elena's haunting of Tita· Like Water for ChocolatePedro's burn injuries· Like Water for ChocolateRosaura's digestive illness· Like Water for ChocolateTita's false pregnancy scare· Like Water for ChocolateClaire Daniels’s covert Reno divorce effort· Queen of HeartsGeorgiana and Darcy’s love constrained by poverty· Queen of HeartsHelen and Cy Goldman’s estranged but enduring marriage· Queen of HeartsStella Brightwell’s declining film career· Queen of HeartsClaire Daniels’s unresolved marriage· Queen of HeartsOngoing Great Depression· Queen of HeartsCraig Hart’s concealed homosexuality· Queen of HeartsStella Brightwell’s detention· Queen of HeartsÉponine’s unrequited love for Marius· Les MisérablesVictor Hugo's exile and political writing· Les MisérablesJavert’s crisis of conscience· Les MisérablesMarius and Cosette’s mutual love· Les MisérablesJean Valjean’s struggle with his conscience· Les MisérablesMarius’s despair and wish for death· Les MisérablesThe political order of France under the Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy· Les MisérablesJean Valjean’s loneliness and decline in old age· Les MisérablesM-sur-M’s industrial prosperity· Les MisérablesMisère sociale· Les MisérablesCloseted culture in professional hockey· Heated RivalryGrigori Rozanov’s cognitive decline· Heated RivalryHollander–Rozanov rivalry· Heated RivalryIlya Rozanov’s bereavement· Heated RivalryIlya Rozanov’s concealed attraction to men· Heated RivalryIlya Rozanov’s father’s Alzheimer’s disease· Heated RivalryIlya’s trauma over his mother’s suicide· Heated RivalryIrina’s depression· Heated RivalryRussia’s anti-LGBTQ laws and social climate· Heated RivalryHomophobia and coming-out pressure in the NHL· Heated RivalryShane Hollander’s Exploration and Concealment of His Sexuality· Heated RivalryShane Hollander’s 2017 playoff injury· Heated RivalryShane Hollander’s sexual self-discovery· Heated RivalryShane’s ongoing recovery from a head injury· Heated RivalryThe Montreal Voyageurs–Boston Bears rivalry· Heated RivalryFrank Cotton's assumed identity as Rory· The Hellbound HeartFrank Cotton's Cenobite captivity· The Hellbound HeartFrank Cotton's incomplete reconstruction· The Hellbound HeartSocial hostility toward atheists· Lessons in ChemistryGender inequality experienced by women· Lessons in ChemistryHarsh conditions at All Saints Boys Home· Lessons in ChemistryAmanda’s nonbiological daughter status· Lessons in ChemistryCalvin Evans’s orphaned childhood· Lessons in ChemistryCalvin Evans’s orphanhood and institutional abuse· Lessons in ChemistryCoercion and forced separation at homes for unwed mothers· Lessons in ChemistryElizabeth Zott’s professional underemployment at Hastings· Lessons in ChemistryElizabeth Zott’s pregnancy with Calvin Evans’s child· Lessons in ChemistryThe Zott family’s financial hardship· Lessons in ChemistryElizabeth Zott's workplace gender discrimination· Lessons in ChemistryElizabeth Zott’s unmarried single motherhood· Lessons in ChemistryElizabeth Zott’s grief and depression· Lessons in Chemistry