Our Semester's Timeline

Purple Indicates Age

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Click on any of the blocks to investigate each character's significant milestones.

Coming of Age in Mississippi

4

Anne is hit by her 8 year old uncle and proceeds to watch him set her house’s wallpaper on fire. This sets the tone for the rest of her autobiography.

Drown

4

Junor’s father abandons his family, leaving Junior's mother to work 14 hour shifts.

Lion

5

Young Saroo goes missing on a train after venturing away from his older brother.

Lion

5

Saroo is adopted by Australian parents after undergoing a disorienting and frightful journey.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

6

Hushpuppy is caught in a violent storm, her community and home threatened. Many people perish.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

6

Hushpuppy is forced to comes to terms with her father’s mysterious illness, and develop maturity beyond her years.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

6

Hushpuppy meets a cook who could be her mother, and when asked if she wants to stay, admits she has to go home and tend to her father.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

6

Hushpuppy witnesses her father die, listening to his final heartbeats.

Moonlight

8

Young Chiron is found by Juan in a crackhouse and is welcomed to his house for an overnight stay until he reveals his address.

Coming of Age in Mississippi

9

Anne’s father leaves her mother for Florence, a lighter-skinned woman.

Drown

9

Junior’s father returns home. He and the rest of Junior's family then immigrate from the Dominican Republic to New Jersey.

Drown

12

Junior experiences severe car-sickness when he realises his father is having an affair with another woman, who is not his mother.

Coming of Age in Mississippi

13

Anne is elected homecoming Queen, and is sexualized by the boys in her class because of her worn-out, tight jeans.

Personal Coming of Age Story

14

Stops his twin brother from taking out his frustration on one of his household cats, ends up in a fist fight.

Coming of Age in Mississippi

14

Anne hears of Emmett Till’s death, who happened to have also been her age.

Personal Coming of Age Story

15

Meets a longtime friend, Ellie, who he’d only known from online interactions. She since stops communicating with him.

Coming of Age in Mississippi

16

Anne Mae changes her name from Essie to Annie. It also around this time that she first hears of the growing Civil Rights movement.

Personal Coming of Age Story

16

Gray reconnects with Ellie, finding out she witnessed her mother pass die shortly after there in-person meeting. Gray realizes he was being a little too self-involved, and that most of his insecurities are a result of over analyzing interactions.

Moonlight

17

Chiron shares a sexualy charged moment with his friend Kevin on the beach.

Moonlight

17

Chiron is assaulted by Kevin in front of fellow high-schoolers. He refuses to pursue legal action, and instead assaults his classmate Terrel in the middle of class, who has been a longtime instigator.

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King

18

Hasan is rejected from Prom by his crush, Beth, after Beth’s mother tells him “there are going to be a lot of pictures tonight, it wouldn’t be a good fit.”

Drown

20

Junior’s old friend visits from college, challenging his sexuality when he causes Junior to remember and ruminate over their sexual history years prior.

Coming of Age in Mississippi

22

Anne participates in the Woolworth Sit In, despite her family condemning her participation in activist events.

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King

23

Hasan headlines a stand up event, and when his former crush asks to get tickets from him, he rejects her, using the line her mother used the night of their Prom. Gives him newfound confidence.

Moonlight

24

Chiron reunites with his friend Kevin, admitting to him he’s the only person he’s been intimate with. This detail is very telling to Kevin.

Lion

30

Saroo manages to returns home, and learns that all these years he was pronouncing his own name incorrectly. He finds that his brother has since passed away.

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King

30

Hasan’s sister stands up to his father, asking him to disregard the societal pressures of her brother marrying a Hindu woman. This is significant to Hasan, because his "goodie-two-shoes" sister sacrificed a piece of her good track record to support him.