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Chapter 38
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Same Kind of Different as Me, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Slavery and Racism
Homelessness
Reconciliation
Christian Faith
Charity, Love, and Ego
Summary
Analysis
Ron explains that after months of chemotherapy, Deborah’s tumors are reduced enough to allow for surgery. A surgeon burns off what is left of the cancerous growths in her abdomen, and she is pronounced cancer-free by Christmas. Everyone is elated.
Deborah’s faith in God over modern medicine proves to be well-founded at least for a time, continuing the subtheme of miraculous events.
Themes
