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Chapter 5
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Counting by 7s, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Independent Thinking
Bureaucracy
Grief and Survival
Chosen Family
Summary
Analysis
Willow enters Dell’s office for the first time and sees that he is a big, bearded man with thick curly hair and bushy eyebrows. Willow thinks he looks unhealthy and must have high blood pressure.
After seeing Dell from his own perspective, we now see him from Willow’s perspective. Willow has an easier time spotting his flaws, such as the fact that he doesn’t seem to take very good care of his health.
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Dell leads Willow through some exercises, like word association. He is impressed by many of the things she knows, including several digits of pi. That night, Willow tells her mom and dad that she has finally met someone at school that she might find interesting.
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