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Chapter 18
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Deadly, Unna?, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Race, Injustice, and Action
Courage and Masculinity
Duty and Sacrifice
Teamwork and Family
Summary
Analysis
Blacky comes home and tells his younger brother, Greggy, that for in the first time in his life, he is smitten with a girl. Greggy is confused and asks Blacky if being smitten hurts. Blacky says not yet, and Greggy says that he hopes he himself is never smitten. Blacky marvels at Greggy’s naivety.
Greggy’s innocence allows Blacky to articulate his theories on mature subjects such as love, hinting at the various ways that confiding in family can strengthen bonds between members. This conversation also shows how instantaneous and overwhelming Blacky’s crush on Cathy is.
Themes
