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154. Joana
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Salt to the Sea, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Agency, Willpower, and Fate
Storytelling and Fantasy
Memory and Survival
Family and Community vs. Selfishness
Summary
Analysis
Alfred is frozen on the deck — the lifeboats are gone, and he is too afraid to jump. Emilia notices two rafts, stuck together by ice. She kicks them to free them and pulls Alfred on board as it slides across the deck.
Emilia is willing to help Alfred even though he has made few efforts to help her, and all of his efforts were motivated by his misconception of her as an Aryan woman worthy of salvation.
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