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Chapter 29. The Before
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Monday’s Not Coming, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Child Abuse
Family, Community, and Responsibility
Growing Up, Independence, and Friendship
Secrecy and Shame
Poverty, Social Support, and Desperation
Memory, Repression, and Trauma
Summary
Analysis
Rumors, Claudia says, are deadly things that are born ready to run, eat dreams, and never die. There’s a rumor that D.C. was built on a swamp—that’s why it’s so humid. Once, Ma assured Claudia the rumor wasn’t true. She assured Claudia she researched it before choosing to raise her baby here, and told Claudia it’s important to find things out on one’s own.
