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Wild Thorns Motifs

Motifs and symbols tracked across analyzed chapters, with links back to chapter summaries and chapter analysis pages.

Prison

6 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 9Analysis ch. 9
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17
Summary ch. 19Analysis ch. 19
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

Kidney machine

5 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7
Summary ch. 8Analysis ch. 8
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Colonial commodities (cigarettes, rice, sugar)

4 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 3Analysis ch. 3
Summary ch. 5Analysis ch. 5
Summary ch. 6Analysis ch. 6
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Occupation vs disintegration debate

4 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7
Summary ch. 9Analysis ch. 9
Summary ch. 12Analysis ch. 12

Patrol cars

4 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Bridge/customs checkpoint

3 occurrencesrecurring
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2
Summary ch. 3Analysis ch. 3

Cigarettes

3 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 19Analysis ch. 19
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Education pressure and emigration

3 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 9Analysis ch. 9
Summary ch. 12Analysis ch. 12
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

God will settle everything

3 occurrencesrecurring
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4
Summary ch. 5Analysis ch. 5
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Israeli-made goods

3 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4
Summary ch. 6Analysis ch. 6
Summary ch. 12Analysis ch. 12

Short-sightedness

3 occurrencesrecurring
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4
Summary ch. 5Analysis ch. 5
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Ten dinars extortion

3 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2
Summary ch. 3Analysis ch. 3
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Bulldozer noise

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Children smoking in streets

2 occurrencesemerging
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Egg

2 occurrencesemerging
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Gold bracelets sale

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 8Analysis ch. 8
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

Hunger/food scarcity

2 occurrencesemerging
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10
Summary ch. 12Analysis ch. 12

Injured hand (Abu Sabir)

2 occurrencesemerging
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7
Summary ch. 8Analysis ch. 8

Jasmine scent

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 9Analysis ch. 9
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Kinafa (sweet pastry)

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Kufiyya scarf billowing

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Lemon blossom scent

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 9Analysis ch. 9
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Pine forest scent

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Promised land / milk and honey

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1
Summary ch. 5Analysis ch. 5

Promised land / milk and honey (orchard)

2 occurrencesemerging
Summary ch. 6Analysis ch. 6
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Secret passage to ancient vault

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Tea

2 occurrencesemerging
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

"Sad northern nights" song

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

Abu Sabir's injured hand

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10

Ads for pornographic films

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4

Alcohol/drunkenness

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10

Arranged marriage pressure

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Backgammon

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Blood‑stained hand

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Books / reading

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

Bridge of freedom over river of pain

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Calf and newborn boy

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Chains of longing/memory

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Coffee

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

colonial commodities (cigarettes)

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Compensation legal battle

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

compradorism

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Courgettes (stuffed)

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 19Analysis ch. 19

Crates of explosives

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Curfew

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 8Analysis ch. 8

Cypress and olive groves landscape

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Dabke dance

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15

Eagle’s wing metaphor

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Education pressure

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

Evil eye

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 8Analysis ch. 8

Exile bitterness

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 12Analysis ch. 12

factory girls now workers

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Family concerns

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Family reunion programme

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

Family secrets

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Farid al-Atrash lament

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4

Father‑child reunion

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 19Analysis ch. 19

Foreign journalists / French TV

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4

Genie’s magic bottle metaphor

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

Great Mosque ablution area

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

hope

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Hope vs defeatism

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 19Analysis ch. 19

House demolition (explosion)

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Interrogation

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Israeli market impact

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Israeli-made goods (Egged bus)

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Landlord Effendi

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 6Analysis ch. 6

Laylat al-Qadr reference

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10

Legal letters

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

Letter from village

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Letters as secret communication

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Lishka (official employment)

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 12Analysis ch. 12

loneliness

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Manacles

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15

Marriage and responsibility

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 20Analysis ch. 20

Memory loss/forgetfulness

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 6Analysis ch. 6

Metal detectors

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Mother's cooking aromas

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

Mud

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10

Nuwar's smile

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10

Occupation oppression

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

oil wealth distribution

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 16Analysis ch. 16

Party/celebration

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Peasant song about land and renewal

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Poetry of love, peace and sacrificial lamb

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Prison / Lina's arrest

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Radio

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10

Radio broadcast about lentils

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 7Analysis ch. 7

Radio broadcasts

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 12Analysis ch. 12

Radio/television shop noise

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4

Reading books / Naguib Mahfouz

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Rebellion/rage

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Resistance short-sightedness

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 3Analysis ch. 3

Revolution chant

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15

Revolution chant – ‘Long live Palestine’

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 19Analysis ch. 19

Roof escape plan

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 25Analysis ch. 25

Samaritans amulet

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 8Analysis ch. 8

Seaweed

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 10Analysis ch. 10

Secret vault

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 27Analysis ch. 27

Servant girls now workers

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 4Analysis ch. 4

Soup

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 15Analysis ch. 15

Spy accusation

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

Taxi as escape vehicle

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Tears

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 19Analysis ch. 19

Tears and unrequited love

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 9Analysis ch. 9

UNRWA

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 5Analysis ch. 5

Violence/beatings

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 17Analysis ch. 17

War machinery sounds (Katyushas, napalm)

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 21Analysis ch. 21

Watch from Kuwait

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1
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