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57. Alfred
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
The refugees wait on the bank for the ice to refreeze. Emilia is beginning to go into labor—she has cramping and pressure in her abdomen—but she keeps it secret. She tries to think of August. She does not reveal to the group that she does not know how to swim.
Emilia refuses to admit that she is suffering because she doesn’t want to inconvenience her group. She tries to use her fantasy of August to help her power through the pain.
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