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Chapter 32
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Harbor Me, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Freedom and Justice
Stories and Memory
Unity vs. Division
Race and Identity
Summary
Analysis
When Friday comes around again, Haley is ready to share her story with the A-R-T-T group. First, though, Esteban reads another of his father’s poems. Interpreting it for his audience, he explains that the poem is about his father hearing the other detained people echo “good night” in their own language when the camp guard turns off the light at night. When he finishes, Haley stands up and introduces her story, telling the group that it’s about her mother, her father, and the first time she met Kira.
Esteban’s father’s poem resonates again with Esteban’s desire to translate his poetry and Tiago’s struggles with balancing his English and his Spanish languages without losing his identity. The detained people in the camp are from all different countries with different languages, and Esteban’s father finds the variety moving enough to commit to poetry. His work touts the beauty of diversity.
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