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Chapter 63
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Bronx Masquerade, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Poetry, Healing, and Identity
Race and Prejudice
The Value of Community
Growing Up and Familial Expectations
Summary
Analysis
Sheila creates a poem where she compares humans to puzzle pieces, claiming it is difficult to figure out where one fits in the puzzle of life. At the start of the poem, the puzzle piece of her life has a hard time fitting in anywhere. However, by the end, she feels like she has finally found her proper place because a friend pointed her in the right direction.
Sheila’s poem is a positive reflection on the lesson Wesley taught her. Unlike her first poem, which she wrote under the name Natalina, here she uses her real name. The poem suggests that she has discovered that changing her name was a superficial way to alter her identity. Now Wesley has pointed her in a better direction.
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