Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Eleanor and Park, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Adolescence and Shame
Love and Intimacy
Poverty and Class
Family and Abuse
Summary
Analysis
As Eleanor reckons with the mess before her, her mind is entirely blank. She tries to think of what “options” she has, but comes up empty on all fronts.
Eleanor’s fight-or-flight response fails her as the sheer terror of what has befallen her—and what punishments might await her—slowly dawn.
Themes
