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
Claudia acknowledges that she’s might not be the best person to talk about Monday’s bruises. She saw a few, but they never worried her. Monday always had good excuses, and kids do lots of things that cause bruises and scars. So Claudia didn’t think anything of it when she saw cuts or bruises on Monday. But after they found Monday, Claudia read a report saying that there were more than 24 scars on Monday’s body.
