Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Out of the Dust, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Nature, Survival, and the Dust Bowl
Poverty, Charity, and Community
Coming of Age
Family and Forgiveness
Summary
Analysis
Billie Jo lists the things she is thankful for, including the continued good weather, Louise’s cooking, her father’s laughter, the relative lack of pain in her hands, and her clean piano. Finally, the Panhandle is starting to feel like home again for Billie Jo, and she is grateful to be alive and among loved ones.
Despite the difficulties of the past few years, Billie Jo finds plenty to be thankful for. Her list is a mixture of old elements of her life that have returned, and news ones, such as Louise. Her list suggests she is in the best place she has been since her mother’s death.
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