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47. Hired Work
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Out of the Dust, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Nature, Survival, and the Dust Bowl
Poverty, Charity, and Community
Coming of Age
Family and Forgiveness
Summary
Analysis
On a Saturday in November 1934, dark clouds appear in the sky. However, it does not rain.
Here, nature almost seems to be taunting Billie Jo and the other residents of the Panhandle.
Themes
