Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in When Will There Be Good News?, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Trauma, Survival, and Reckoning with the Past
Appearances vs. Reality
Lies and Deceptions
Family
Summary
Analysis
Jackson is lonely and disoriented. Finally he’s awakened from a nap by a kiss on the cheek. In a moment of clarity, he thinks, “He had been going the wrong way. This was the right way. The right woman.” Everything seems to fall into place. “I love you,” he tells her.
Though Jackson doesn’t say it outright, the woman who visits him is Louise. In the midst of his bleariness, he thinks that the events of the past few days have brought him here because of her—she’s the one he loves.
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