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Part 1, Chapter 23
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Speak, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Coming of Age
Communication versus Silence
Appearance versus Reality
Family and Friendship
Isolation, Loneliness, and Depression
Memory and Trauma
Summary
Analysis
The Ecology Club has prevailed, and defeated the Tiger mascot. In an assembly about the mascot, the students use various politically correct arguments to tear down any and all mascot suggestions. They are finally left with four options: Bees, Icebergs, Hilltoppers, and Wombats.
The subplot of the school mascot continues, full of ridiculousness and miscommunication. The options from which the students can choose may be politically correct, but they are also absurd.
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