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Part 3: Watching
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The 57 Bus, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Gender and Sexuality
Adolescent Crime vs. Adult Crime
Binary Thought and Inclusive Language
Discrimination and Social Justice
Accountability, Redemption, and Forgiveness
Summary
Analysis
As he walks home after talking to the police, the man with the mustache has “tears streaming down his face.” He cries and keeps asking, “Why? Oh my God, why?”
This chapter illustrates how harmful discrimination is to society. The stranger is visibly affected and shaken by Richard’s attack on Sasha.
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