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Part 4: A Level of Maturity
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 months later, Sasha meets Andrew in Berkley for dinner. Andrew tells Sasha that he is beginning to “identify a little bit as […] genderqueer.” He is still hesitant, though. As a gay transgender man, Andrew still fits neatly in the male/female “binary,” and he is scared to step out of it. “I’ve already been asked enough questions about my genitals,” he says. “I’m done with that.”
