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Alive (p. 195–198)
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Ghost Boys, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Progress, Storytelling, and Justice
Racism and the Law
Childhood
Fear
Education
Summary
Analysis
Jerome announces that it’s the end of his story, asks his audience to “bear witness,” and encourages them to improve the world so that no one has to tell a similar story again. Then he signs off, “Ghost boy.”
