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Official corruption and bribery· The Government InspectorRank and status anxiety· The Government InspectorThe silent scene· The Government InspectorSaint Nicholas’s festival· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesThe Dutch struggle against water· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesDutch skating culture· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesThe Hero of Haarlem· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesCharity and compassion· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesDutch resistance and liberation· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesFaith and providence· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesSurgery as a Noble Calling· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesVoetspoelen· Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesPractical plans versus pursuing dreams· The Sun is Also a StarThe grandfather paradox and time-travel paradoxes· The Sun is Also a StarPersonal dreams and practical responsibilities· The Sun is Also a StarLove tested by time and distance· The Sun is Also a StarImmigration status, home, and belonging· The Sun is Also a StarAmerican Dream· The Sun is Also a StarMultiverse theory· The Sun is Also a StarBlack natural hair and cultural identity· The Sun is Also a StarFate, divine providence, and randomness· The Sun is Also a StarCoincidence and the construction of meaning· The Sun is Also a StarMeant to be and “the One”· The Sun is Also a StarLanguage and identity· The Sun is Also a StarLove as the connective force of the universe· The Sun is Also a StarDeterminism and causality· The Sun is Also a StarThe scientific explanation of love· The Sun is Also a StarFate and destiny· The Sun is Also a StarThe meaning and history of irie· The Sun is Also a StarThe “Observable Fact” motif· The Sun is Also a Star“Nothing happens for the first time” and eternal recurrence· The Robot Who Looked Like MeApollonian–Dionysian cultural conflict· The Robot Who Looked Like MeDual bodies and self-observation· The Robot Who Looked Like MeThe inner voice as decision-maker· The Robot Who Looked Like MeNature tolerates paradoxes but abhors vacuums· The Robot Who Looked Like MeState-mandated marriage pairing· The Robot Who Looked Like MeThe standard nightmare scenario· The Robot Who Looked Like Me“The Emperor is the slave of time”· The Robot Who Looked Like MeGleister duplication cascade· The Robot Who Looked Like MeNever-Ending Live Western Film· The Robot Who Looked Like MeLove cannot be simulated by prediction systems· The Robot Who Looked Like MePositional reality· The Robot Who Looked Like MeThe Movie· The Robot Who Looked Like MeTime tracks· The Robot Who Looked Like MeHerd Morality and Conformity· Martin EdenWriting as an Artistic Vocation· Martin EdenThe “Work Performed” Motif· Martin EdenGod and Clod Schools of Fiction· Martin EdenIdealized love and love in reality· Martin EdenThe Debate Between Idealism and Realism· Martin EdenClass Division and Social Mobility· Martin EdenAutodidacticism and the Pursuit of Knowledge· Martin EdenHerbert Spencer’s Philosophy of Evolution· Martin EdenLanguage and Class Identity· Martin EdenMonism· Martin EdenPublic Fame as an Illusory Value· Martin EdenArtistic Creation and Commercial Success· Martin EdenImpassioned Realism· Martin EdenSelf-Education and the Acquisition of Knowledge· Martin EdenClass Difference, Poverty, and Social Status· Martin EdenBiological Explanations of Humanity and Culture· Martin EdenBeauty and Aesthetic Experience· Martin EdenEconomic Morality and Class Morality· Martin EdenClass difference and shared human nature· Martin EdenMob mentality and the fickleness of the crowd· Martin EdenBourgeois Values· Martin EdenSocial Darwinism· Martin EdenIdealized Love· Martin EdenLove as a superrational ideal· Martin EdenNietzschean individualism· Martin EdenSocialism· Martin EdenSpencerian evolution and universal interconnection· Martin EdenThe degradation of toil· Martin EdenThe established· Martin EdenThe incommunicability of artistic experience· Martin EdenThe Solitary Individual and the Collective Ideal· The Painted BirdThe Desire to Control Others’ Life and Death· The Painted BirdThe Narrator’s Soviet and Red Army Ideal· The Painted BirdWar Continuing After Peace· The Painted BirdPersonal revenge and private justice· The Painted BirdSurvival and the Feeling of Being “Unharmed”· The Painted BirdBelonging and Family Ties· The Painted BirdDivine silence and failed providence· The Painted BirdFreedom and the Cage Within· The Painted BirdWar Trauma and Violence Among Children· The Painted BirdFolk magic and superstition· The Painted BirdOutsiderhood and social exclusion· The Painted BirdRacialized identity and persecution of dark-featured people· The Painted BirdSoviet collectivist ideology· The Painted BirdThe language of brutality and anguish· The Painted BirdFair Deal domestic program· TrumanThe spoils system in political appointments· TrumanFederal Employee Loyalty Program· TrumanPopular Government and Mass Democracy· TrumanEthical Questions About the Use of the Atomic Bomb· TrumanAnti-Communist Wave· TrumanPostwar internationalism· TrumanVoluntary repatriation principle· TrumanThe Palestine partition plan· TrumanThe Iron Curtain image of Soviet control in Eastern Europe· Truman