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7. Neighborhood Watch
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Everything, Everything, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Coming of Age
Trust and Lies
Family, Abuse, and Bravery
The Value of Experience
Summary
Analysis
Maddy says that Olly’s mom and Kara call the boy Olly, but Olly’s dad calls him Oliver. Olly’s bedroom is almost directly across from Maddy’s, and he seldom closes the blinds. He sometimes sleeps until noon, and other days he’s already gone when Maddy starts watching. Olly also spends time on the roof, but Maddy can’t figure out what he’s doing there. The only decoration in his room is a movie poster for Jump London, which is about parkour, or street gymnastics. Maddy becomes increasingly curious the more she watches.
That Olly’s dad calls him by his full name suggests that his dad has expectations for him that Olly’s mom and Kara don’t share, which certainly contributes to the abuse Olly suffers at home. The fact that Olly’s only poster is about parkour, when Olly’s dad so clearly dislikes parkour, implies that Olly is already striking out and figuring out who he is despite his dad’s wishes.
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