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74. Florian
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 feels “the fates of fortune had found me.” He brings Joana to the ship’s doctor, Dr. Richter. He agrees to register her and her patients to the Wilhelm Gustloff—and her friends to any ships with space—after she helps him unload a train of wounded soldiers. Alfred feels proud and important. He thinks to himself that, given the opportunity, he easily “rose to the occasion and seized the path of the hero’s journey.”
Alfred feels that luck has brought him to Joana. Being useful to a higher-up makes him feel important, and helps reinforce his fantasy that he is a hero on a mission.
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