A Thematic Analysis Of John Steinbeck's Countdown

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One Example that shows that this is the theme of Countdown is on page 21 paragraph 2. The text“It’s the air-raid siren, screaming it's horrible scream in the playground, high over our heads on a thousand foot telephone pole - and we are outside… we are all about to die.”This is important to the theme because Franny was scared, but she was not freaking out. Everyone was frightened except they managed to stay as calm as they could. She did what she needed to do and did the right things to follow directions and stay calm. Another example that shows the theme is on page 197, paragraph 7, “Drew clutches his book while President Kennedy tells us shocking news. The Russians have been secretly shipping missiles to Cuba, and we, the American people, …show more content…

All I can do is hang on for dear life.” This shows that there was a problem, but Franny stayed strong. Even though it was dangerous, Franny tried to help Margie to get out of the gravel pit and risked her life. This shows how she persevered through the problem, but was strong and tried anyways. On page 376, in paragraph 8, it shows an example of how this is the theme: “My gut begins to churn. ‘Hey!’ I call after her. She spins around to face me, hope washing all over her face. I hate that, too. But there’s something about it that helps me find some words. I take a deep breath. ‘Maybe.’ ‘What’ ‘Maybe… I’ll see you tomorrow’ Even though the friendship between Franny and Margie has been damaged severely throughout the book, they somehow managed to stay strong, and eventually repair their friendship. The main character’s name of “Countdown”, written by Deborah Wiles, is Franny. Franny Chapman is eleven years old and tells the whole story from her point of view. Some ways to describe Franny are brave, insecure, and curious. She expressed these traits and feelings while she told her point of view on her current state of

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