11.   The same themes recur, and Mao is even more idealized, but the style switches.

12.   The theme recurred again during World War I and World War II.

13.   The themes recur in a pattern reminiscent of the Yoruba bead art to which Wideman frequently refers in the text.

14.   The theme of hiding recurs in helmets painted in camouflage, sprouting real greenery.