Normal People
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1. January 2011 2. Three Weeks Later (February 2011) 3. One Month Later (March 2011) 4. Six Weeks Later (April 2011) 5. Two Days Later (April 2011) 6. Four Months Later (August 2011) 7. Three Months Later (November 2011) 8. Three Months Later (February 2012) 9. Two Months Later (April 2012) 10. Three Months Later (July 2012) 11. Six Weeks Later (September 2012) 12. Four Months Later (January 2013) 13. Six Months Later (July 2013) 14. Five Months Later (December 2013) 15. Three Months Later (March 2014) 16. Four Months Later (July 2014) 17. Five Minutes Later (July 2014) 18. Seven Months Later (February 2015)
Themes
All Themes Love, Inexperience, and Emotional Intensity Identity, Insecurity, and Social Status Miscommunication and Assumptions Money, Class, and Entitlement
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Characters
All Characters Marianne Connell Lorraine (Connell’s Mother) Eric Rob Rachel Alan (Marianne’s Brother) Denise (Marianne’s Mother) Joanna Peggy Jamie Lukas Niall Miss Neary Helen Sadie
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All Symbols Nude Photos The Scholarship
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Normal People

by

Sally Rooney

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Nude Photos

Several times throughout Normal People, Connell and Marianne talk about nude photos, which come to symbolize the fraught power dynamics that can sometimes crop up in romantic relationships. When Connell and Marianne are unofficially…

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The Scholarship

The scholarship that both Marianne and Connell receive at Trinity College represents the subtle and mostly unacknowledged tension surrounding the differences in their economic backgrounds. Whereas the scholarship significantly changes Connell’s life by enabling him…

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