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Part 3: Caitlin, February 2000
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in I Will Always Write Back, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Kindness and Generosity
Friendship
Family
Education
Summary
Analysis
In Zimbabwe, Martin’s family continues to enjoy the gifts from Caitlin. While they don’t have many opportunities to wear the new clothes (since they want to save them for special occasions and don’t have many special occasions), Martin’s father is able to wear his shirt when looking for jobs.
Though Martin’s family doesn’t use Caitlin’s gifts in quite the way she intended for them to be used, they find ways to incorporate the gifts into their own lives, which is in some ways just as meaningful.
Themes
