In "Search" by Nahid Rachlin, one thematic statement relates to the universal themes of "Time and Death" and "Past, Present and Future". On page 191, as the narrator reconnects with her mother, she wonders, "I am not the same person I was when she left...Why do I expect Mother to be the same as years ago?" The narrator’s statement demonstrates that the years spent apart from her mother have significantly affected their relationship, and how they have each separately grown into their present selves. For once we spend a significant amount of time away from someone we are close to, meeting them again after undergoing personal growth or change is surprising for both parties. The other person expects us to always stay the same, as we do for them,
