Explaining and Analyzing Theme

Look before you leap

     I know this is a theme because throughout the book Matt has thoughts of incriminating himself even though he doesn't have all the facts and inst right in the head. This is clearly evident in the book when he Tells Meagan Finnerty that he might have killed Ali. In the story the leap is referring to Matt admitting to something he may or may not have done. In the end it seems that the author is using him as an example of looking before you leap.

Don't feel guilty if you think what you did was right.

     This theme is defiantly the recurring and it pops up several times in the book. It certainly shows up every time Matt gets advice from someone. But especially when Matt and Justin finally talk about the "Incidents" we as readers can clearly see now that Justin and Matt did what needed to be done but they still feel guilty. This is where the author really seems to push us into not feeling guilty about good decisions.

Friendship can change for the better or worse

     Friendship in general is an important part of this book because without it the book would have little emotional affect on people. But through out the book we see this friendship change and develop so quickly. Justin and matts friendship goes from being good to horrible to having a bright future. I can clearly tell this is a major theme in the book because on almost every page the author is talking about how Matt and justin's friendship is changing.