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Chapter 21
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Body, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Loss of Innocence
Fate, Luck, and Chance
Confronting Mortality
The Power and Limitation of Friendship
Making Meaning through Stories
Summary
Analysis
After walking a little way down the tracks, Gordie faints. Vern, Teddy, and Chris hover around him. It takes a few minutes, but he recovers and they resume their walk, confident that they’re close to their goal.
Gordie just proved his own strength and courage by removing the leech none of his friends could bear to touch. But he still needs the support of others, as attested in this scene where he faints and they care for him as he revives.
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