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Part 3: Court Date
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The 57 Bus, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Gender and Sexuality
Adolescent Crime vs. Adult Crime
Binary Thought and Inclusive Language
Discrimination and Social Justice
Accountability, Redemption, and Forgiveness
Summary
Analysis
Jasmine feels as if “the world has spun off its axis.” She can’t believe that Richard has really done this. She’s angry with him, his friends, herself, and the whole world. Her family encourages her not to talk about the arrest, but she refuses. “If you have anything to say, bad comments, take it to God,” she says. “Pray for him.”
Jasmine can’t believe what Richard has done because Sasha’s attack is simply a stupid, adolescent mistake. Jasmine refuses to let one misguided prank define her son’s life, which is what Richard’s press coverage effectively does.
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