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
Adeline sprints through the woods, “running for her life,” leaving the wedding party behind her. White flowers fall from her hair as she runs. Seven freckles dot her face; Estele says there’s one freckle “for every love she’d have,” “for every life she’d lead,” and “for every god watching over her.” But these are all lies: Addie has had no loves or lives, and the gods aren’t protecting her.
That Adeline is “running for her life” suggests that she’s in danger. Weddings are typically celebratory events, so the fact that Addie is running away from one—presumably her own—suggests that she doesn’t want to be married. Finally, the novel underscores the danger of her situation with the detail that she has no “god watching over her.”
Themes
