Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Tell Me Three Things, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Blended Families
Intimacy and Growing Up
Wealth, Fitting In, and Bullying
Home
Friendship
Summary
Analysis
Jessie watches Chicago get smaller as the plane takes off. She tries to figure out whether she’d rather stay with Scarlett and Scarlett’s new life or go home to Rachel’s house, Dad, Liam, and SN. She fingers the envelope that Scarlett gave her before they parted and remembers how, right after Mom died, Scarlett said that what happened wasn’t okay, but they needed to pretend it was. Jessie thinks it’ll never be okay that her mom isn’t here to see who she becomes. She opens the envelope. It’s a sticker of a ninja with a sword and a note from Scarlett. It reads that Scarlett wants Jessie to see herself as a strong fighter and her mother’s daughter. Jessie hugs the sticker and vows to stop being afraid.
Home is a hazy, difficult idea for Jessie at this point, since her life seems to be constantly changing. Though to a degree, she still wants home to be where her mother is, she also recognizes that Mom’s memory will always be with her. Even if Mom isn’t around in person to watch Jessie grow, she still lives on in Jessie’s mind and will forever. This, more than anything, is proof that Jessie’s new family still includes Mom, whether anyone else acknowledges this or not.
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