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Chapter 39
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Power, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Power and Violence
Corruption
Gender Reversals and Sexism
Stories, History, and Perspective
Religion and Manipulation
Revolution and Social Change
Summary
Analysis
Roxy finds her skein among the blood and guts. She thought that she would have known if it were dead. But she didn’t know. She holds her palm to her collarbone and waits to feel something.
The fact that Roxy doesn’t mourn this loss is telling, as she becomes one of the only characters who ultimately argues for peace. Although losing her power was a traumatic experience, she has witnessed firsthand the corruption it brings and sees now that she might actually be better off without it.
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