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Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Marginalization and Belonging
Time, Memory, and Transition
Gender and Power
Tradition and Change
Religion, Political Conflict, and Identity
Summary
Analysis
Having no luck finding Leila’s grave, Nostalgia Nalan pulls a flask from her pocket and takes a swig before passing it to Hollywood Humeyra, warning her to be careful. Nalan then moves ahead to search on her own while the others stay behind. Humeyra takes a small sip, the fiery liquor burning her throat. Sabotage Sinan, despite his well-known intolerance for alcohol, asks for a taste, quickly taking several large gulps before handing it back. When Nalan returns, she reveals the liquor is Spirytus Magnanimus, a potent 97-proof Polish vodka.
Nalan’s strong Polish vodka reaffirms her high alcohol tolerance, and Sinan drinking too much of it without understanding its potency brings his emotional vulnerabilities to the surface, foreshadowing his resulting alcohol-induced epiphany.
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