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Chapter 32
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in James and the Giant Peach, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Children vs. Adults
Assumptions vs. Curiosity
Nature and Growing Up
Fun, Nonsense, and Absurdity
Summary
Analysis
Down below in New York City, pandemonium breaks out. When someone sights a massive ball high over Manhattan, they believe it’s a bomb sent to destroy the city. Air-raid sirens tell people to take cover in subways and in cellars. The mayor of the city calls up the president, who abandons his breakfast cereal to get the military involved. Before long, the entire United States knows that the biggest bomb ever is about to explode over New York City.
