Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Memory and Meaning
Love and Vulnerability
Freedom
Art, Creativity, and Expression
Wonder and Knowledge
Summary
Analysis
New York City. April 25, 2014. Addie and Henry are sitting in the grass in Prospect Park listening to a charity concert. As a new singer approaches the makeshift stage, Henry commends Addie for remembering so many years of experiences. Addie compares the sensation to déjà vu. Addie has been telling Henry all the stories of her past, and Henry writes down everything Addie tells him. Addie teases him for the urgency with which he writes. “We have time,” she says. But how can she know for sure?
Addie and Henry’s ongoing project of putting her life’s story in writing highlights the important role that art, creativity, and expression play in making life meaningful. At the same time, Addie’s inner anxieties regarding her future with Henry build tension and hint that the good thing they have going is temporary—and perhaps will soon come to an end.
Themes
