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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Biography of Shirley Ann Grau
3. Socio-cultural Background
4. Textual Analysis
4.1. Plot
4.1.1 Overview
4.1.2 Structure
4.2. Setting
4.2.1. Time
4.2.2. Location
4.2.3. Circumstances
4.3. Analysis of Characters
4.3.1. Main Characters
4.3.1.1. Susan
4.3.1.2. Susan’s Mother
4.3.2. Minor Characters
4.3.2.1. Harold Carter
4.3.2.2. Susan’s Father
4.3.2.3. The Bensons and the Watkins
4.4. Themes and Motifs
4.4.1. War/The Vietnam War and Trauma
4.4.2. Memory
4.4.3. The Porch as a Place of Storytelling and Stability
4.5. Narrative Technique
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
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- Bachelor Katharina Eder (Author), 2010, „It Ain’t Easy to Forget" - Trauma and Memory in Shirley Ann Grau’s "Homecoming", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/171960
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