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The Moral support of Presence , themes , characters , Writer's craft,…
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themes
Presence and absence
Mun feels Ma's death, or absence strongly yet she feels suggestions of her -want mother to be at her side
although Ma is dead, she is still much more present/ comforting to Mun than her own fater who makes himself obnoxiously known at the funeral
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Ma's support of prescence even though she may not be alive - Moth- closure for mun -her memeory transcends death and she remains a presence for Mun
although the father is alive, he has never been present in Mun's life, even as a child
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Treatment of death
procedural, perfunctory funeral arrangements
Cold, Clinical efficiency
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characters
The mother
Ma's orderly ways and fixation with wanting to catergorize everything (psychological coping mechanism) and how she has ordered Mun's world remains after her death.
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the father
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shameless, dramatic and attention seeking
loud and crass, given to theatrics
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simon
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not physically there, yet seems to be very concerned about Mun
Writer's craft
the Moth
sig: to Mun, its her mother's spirit finally free, and giving her a source of comfort and closure
symbol of hope
death isnt just nothing, your soul will live on, there is an afterlife and the dead are still in essense here
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relationships
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Mun and Ma
very close, yet do not always disclose everything to each other
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Mun knows Ma very well except for the church thing and is considerate of her when planning the funeral
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