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Part 4: Mail Delivery
Themes
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
On January 2, 2015 Richard is transferred to the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton, California, otherwise “known as Chad.”
Chad is roughly 70 miles east of Oakland, which means that Richard is taken even further away from his family.
Themes
