Leg Painting
A Major AwardThe leg painting in She's Come Undone might be the most famous disembodied leg ever since the leg lamp from A Christmas Story. When Ma is in the hospital, she mails Dolores a painting...
Etch-a-Sketch
Magic ScreenDolores starts drawing at an early age, first with Crayola crayons (1.21), but life moves too fast for her to really practice her artistic talents. When she's going through her hippy-di...
Whales
BlowholeThere's a ton of whale imagery in this book. Get it? Ton? Whale? Imagery? Here are just a few instances of when a whale surfaces. (Get it? Surfaces? Goodness, we crack ourselves up.) Check...
Television
Boob TubeDolores's very first memory, in the book's very first chapter, is of a television, and her confusion upon seeing it. She thinks, "Who shrank these women? Are they alive? Real?" (1.2) The i...