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Part 6: Martin, January 2003
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 and Caitlin’s mom both reach dead ends in trying to find Zimbabwean sponsors for Martin’s education. Damon starts getting annoyed with Caitlin about all the time she spends studying. When he says he’s sick of hearing about Martin, Caitlin gets angry with him.
It’s unsurprising that Caitlin and her mom have a hard time finding Zimbabwean sponsors, given how poor much of the country is and how powerful the U.S. dollar is in the exchange rate. The fact that they even started looking abroad suggests that they have already thoroughly investigated their domestic options with no luck.
Themes
