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Madness and sanity· Don QuixoteMarcela's defense of female autonomy· Don QuixoteMetafictional historiography· Don QuixoteQuixotism· Don QuixoteReality versus illusion· Don QuixoteThe Arabic-manuscript narrative frame· Don QuixoteSurviving Desperate Circumstances and Accepting Fate· The Shrinking ManThe Spider as a Symbol of Fear· The Shrinking ManDisappearance into Nothingness· The Shrinking ManRelative Scale and Perspective· The Shrinking ManMasculinity and Physical Size· The Shrinking ManPity as Dehumanization· The Shrinking ManReality Relative to Scale· The Shrinking ManShrinking· The Shrinking ManThe Instinct to Survive· The Shrinking ManThe shrinking affliction· The Shrinking ManThe Shrinking Man as Public Spectacle· The Shrinking ManUniverses within universes· The Shrinking ManThe IED War· CherryThe Great Romance of Junkies· CherryCherry· CherryDevenir un pourri· CherryThe Symbolic Meaning of the Combat Patch· Cherry« Faire semblant » dans l’armée· Cherry« Hadji »· CherryL’autodestruction à deux· CherryLa beauté au milieu de la violence· CherryLa dépendance aux drogues· CherryLa guerre comme entreprise vaine et théâtrale· CherryLa performance de la dureté masculine· CherryLe cycle de la peur et de l’espoir· CherryLe piège de la dépendance à l’héroïne· CherryWarrior Medic· CherryGuilt and moral responsibility· The Bad SeedInnocence as a performance· The Bad SeedThe conflict between maternal protection and social responsibility· The Bad SeedThe contrast between a child's innocent appearance and inner evil· The Bad SeedInnocence masking evil· The Bad SeedThe Bad Seed as Hereditary Evil· The Bad SeedThe debate over heredity and environment· The Bad SeedViolence as an ineradicable force· The Bad SeedThe White Fox’s Honey Poison· MulanFamily Honor· MulanImmortality and its limits· MulanDestiny and the Will of Heaven· MulanShapeshifting· MulanFlower Family prophecy· MulanHupo poison· MulanImmortals’ reluctance to reveal what they know· MulanMandate of Heaven· MulanMortals’ fading memories of Immortals· MulanMulan’s identity as a mighty warrior· MulanThe Hua sisters’ prophecy· MulanThe peaceful heart of Green Island· MulanSmall-town collective silence and complicity· The DryGambling, luck, and risk· The DryAbuse and domestic violence· The DryDrought· The DrySecrets and lies· The DryGuilt and responsibility· The DryRural isolation· The DrySecrets and concealment· The DrySmall-town judgment and ostracism· The DrySmall-town rumors and collective blame· The DryThe false alibi· The DryConventional Beauty Standards and Exclusion· Dumplin'Relationship labels and identity· Dumplin'Small-Town Pageant Culture and Beauty Norms· Dumplin'Grief, Memory, and Preserving a Loved One’s Life· Dumplin'Confidence and Connection Symbolized by Dolly Parton· Dumplin'Beauty standards and body image· Dumplin'Body Image and Fat Acceptance· Dumplin'Not Giving Up What You Want Because You Fear Judgment· Dumplin'Dolly Parton as a role model· Dumplin'Loyalty· Dumplin'Allowing friendships to change as people grow· Dumplin'Visibility and Representation· Dumplin'Fat identity, body stigma, and self-acceptance· Dumplin'Grief, memory, and the compass motif· Dumplin'“Jolene” as a recurring musical motif· Dumplin'Self-invention and performed identity· Dumplin'The pageant revolution· Dumplin'National self-determination· MunichThe power of unreason· MunichAnti-Nazi resistance· MunichThe military's conditional opposition to Hitler· MunichPropaganda and political myth· MunichGerman nationalism and the Greater Germany ideal· MunichAppeasement by conceding German territorial demands to avert war· MunichAppeasement· MunichAppeasement through concessions and negotiation to avoid or delay war· MunichMunich as a motif of memory and historical return· MunichAntisemitism· MunichConscience and political responsibility· MunichNational Socialism (Nazism)· MunichGas masks and civilian war preparedness· MunichGerman resistance to Hitler· MunichLebensraum as a Nazi expansionist ideology· MunichOath of loyalty to the Führer· MunichRule of law· Munich