Kurt Vonnegut, for example, in his non-linear narratives such as Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle makes frequent use of motif to connect different moments that might seem otherwise separated by time and space.
例如，库尔特·冯内古特，在他的非线性叙事作品，例如《五号屠场》和《猫的摇篮》中，经常使用主题来连接可能看起来被时间和空间分开的不同时间。