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Part 4: Martin, January 2001
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 Pennsylvania, Caitlin exchanges phone numbers with a boy named Austin and begins talking with him. Later, a boy named Damon comes to take her on a date and is more mature than many other boys his age because his dad has multiple sclerosis. Caitlin is surprised that Damon can smoke marijuana right in his house. She feels like she can trust Damon, so she tells the whole story of Martin and his headmaster, which Damon thinks is cool.
While much of Caitlin’s growth comes as a result of her relationship with Martin, she also grows up in other ways. Here, she meets Damon who, despite living in the same town as Caitlin, has a very different living situation. The fact that Damon can smoke in his house shocks Caitlin, because her parents would never allow anything like that.
Themes
