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Part 3: The Circle
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
Five days after Sasha’s second surgery, they go in for a third. Dr. Grossman removes skin from Sasha’s back and, after stretching it to make it bigger, applies it to their skinless legs. The pain is unimaginable. “It is as if they have been skinned alive.”
Again, Richard had no idea that his prank would lead to such serious and painful consequences, which is further evidence of his adolescence and underdeveloped ability to reason.
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