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80. 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
Emilia feels abandoned, both by Joana and Florian, her “knight.” However, she still has Eva, the Poet, and Klaus. Alfred leads Emilia to the front of a long line of refugees, against the protests of those who have been waiting for hours. Eva, unwilling to leave without her valuables, goes to find them, and so Alfred presents only Klaus, the Poet, and Emilia to the inspectors.
Eva cares more about her physical belongings than she does about her friends. The rest of the group, in contrast, would rather stick together and make it onto the same ship than retrieve the few physical objects left from their former lives.
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