Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Salt to the Sea, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Agency, Willpower, and Fate
Storytelling and Fantasy
Memory and Survival
Family and Community vs. Selfishness
Summary
Analysis
This chapter is only three sentences. Florian thinks, “The Polish girl. My pack. Where were they?”
Florian has been preoccupied with his pack, the amber swan, and his mission the entire novel. In this moment, for the first time, he thinks of another person before he thinks of his mission of vengeance.
Themes
