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Theme: Kind words from others can overcome any conflicts

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Kind words from others can overcome any conflicts

There are many characters involved in the story that helped develop the theme of the novel Pax by Sara PennyPacker. Vola and Peter is two major characters who helped develop the theme of the story. Vola, who is suffering from PTSD, loses her "true self". She thinks that she is a threat to the society and decides to live alone in the forest. During the story Vola meets Peter, who discovers one of her personal truth, which she is struggling to find. Peter realizes that Vola needs help finding her old self, which is becoming a teacher. Peter helps her accomplish her personal truth by giving her three conditions before leaving her house. He tells Vola to go to the library every twice a week to teach the children how to play with marionettes. Vola was able to find back her "true self" by the help of Peter. In addition, Vola becomes more welcoming to the society, and she tries to be involved in the society again.

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There are many characters involved in the story that helped develop the theme of the novel Pax by Sara PennyPacker. Vola and Peter is two major characters who helped develop the theme of the story. Vola, who is suffering from PTSD, loses her "true self".

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Theme: Sometimes you have to sacrifice to be at peace

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theme: it is possible, by getting to your truth to over come your past.

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Theme: Empathy and compassion are necessities for survival during war.

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Theme: Kindness and the ability to care can help others get through survival.

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"One wrong act does not define you, or your future."

This picture represent the theme because it is a phoenix. The phoenix is already a symbol in the story. When a phoenix gets old and weak, they will eventually blow up. From the pile of feathers left behind, a new, baby phoenix comes. That symbolizes that you can always start over again. In fact, it is good to start over again, otherwise you would just end up upset and weak for the rest of your life.

" We all own a beast called anger. It can serve us: many good things come out of anger at bad things; many unjust things are made just. But first we all have to figure out how to civilize it."

Vola tells Peter this as Peter is getting extremely angry. He keeps trying to calm himself down by telling himself not to be like his father. The author is trying to explain that we all have feelings and it can be hard to control them. Sometimes you have to let them take a little bit of control without doing anything to damaging.

"They're the same thing,"

Peter tells Vola this when she is asking if he is going home or to find pax. Sara Pennypacker is explaining that home is where the heart is, and if his heart is with Pax, then that is where home is.

Vola

Vola helps shape the theme of the story by being in the war. Vola had previously gone to the army, she lost her leg in landmines, and developed a mental disorder. She had forgotten who she truly was. She started over and discovered her true self

Peter

Peter helps shape the theme of the story just by making mistakes. The theme is all about starting new again and not letting mistakes define you. It takes Peter a while to learn this, but it is okay to start over. When Peter learns this he renews himself and no longer worries about making mistakes.

Peter's Father

Even though Peter's Father is more or less a side character he does help shape the theme a little bit. In the end Peter's father is showing affection towards Peter for the first time in forever. The war has changed his father. He has done many wrong things in the past, but giving his son a hug is definitely enough to show that he has changed. Peter's father has almost been reborn

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Theme: In order to change and grow, it may be necessary to let go of your past

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Theme: The unintended consequences of war hurt the environment, people and animals.

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The unintended consequences of war can greatly impact humans, animals and environment.

"What hurt most was to look at the... last time he'd been here the water had been so sparkling and clear, now muddy waters clogged the river... mud flats caking to dry clay smelled of death." This supports this theme because it is explaining how the water is nasty, and it smelled of death, and before the water was sparkling and it smelled like flowers. In the story Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, a boy named Peter goes out on a quest to find his fox. A common theme in the story that I saw was the effect of war on all living things. Peter and his dad had to leave Pax in the woods because Peter's dad had to go to war. Runt lost his leg because of war. Grey was also killed because of war and the environment suffered, as described in the book, "People should tell the truth about what war costs." This also supports it because the real cost of war is our beautiful environment, animals, like how runt lost his leg and ourselves like how Vola lost her leg. War has especially hurt the three main characters, Vola, Peter, and Pax. Those characters were effected in many ways.

Symbol

A symbol in the book is the toy soldier. This is a toy that Peter gave to Pax. Peter had to throw the toy so Pax could follow, this all happened because Peter had to go live with his grandfather so his father could go to war. Also, it is a toy soldier, it represents war. If the war never happened, Peter would never have to leave his best friend.

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"What hurt most was to look at the... last time he'd been here the water had been so sparkling and clear, now muddy waters clogged the river... mud flats caking to dry clay smelled of death."

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Theme: "Don't let your past history and choices define who you are today."

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It is perseverance and kindness that help us through hard times in life.

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Theme of Pax

It is perseverance and kindness that help us through hard times in life.

Perseverance means that no matter how hard things get you always get back up on your feet and keep on going. Just because something tragic happens that doesn't mean you stop there. You have to keep on going and going.

Kindness

Kindness means that you are always kind. Just because you are angry that doesn't mean you get angry or mad at other people too. Kindness means that you are kind to all of the people around you.

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It is perseverance and kindness that help us through hard times in life. Perseverance means that no matter how hard things get you always get back up on your feet and keep on going. Just because something tragic happens that doesn't mean you stop there. You have to keep on going and going.

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Theme: In order to learn and change, you must make mistakes and fix them.

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"It's a phoenix. That's a special bird. It's red and gold and purple, colored like sunrise, and it--

Rises from the ashes. I know what a phoenix is

Right. But out of its own ashes. That's the part my mom cared about" (116.) I agree with this quote. There a fine line between a mistake and something you do on purpose. This is where it can get shaky. The phoenix is a for how you "can rise out of the ashes" or problems and make it better the next time.

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"It's a phoenix. That's a special bird. It's red and gold and purple, colored like sunrise, and it-- Rises from the ashes. I know what a phoenix is Right. But out of its own ashes. That's the part my mom cared about" (116.) I agree with this quote.

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Theme: War has a significant impact on people, animals, and nature.

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War has a significant impact on people, animals, and nature.

"People should tell the truth about what war costs"(130).

Peter is saying that people should tell the truth about what you will lose in war like your life, family member, pet, etc. A few examples are when Vola lost her leg and her identity or when Peter's father left which resulted in them having to leave Pax. Peter is trying to say that you shouldn't go to war not thinking about the consequences.

Caption for Picture - This is a soldier graveyard and they made a big sign that says "Costs of War"

The picture above represents Peter

The picture above represents Pax

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War has a significant impact on people, animals, and nature. Peter is saying that people should tell the truth about what you will lose in war like your life, family member, pet, etc. A few examples are when Vola lost her leg and her identity or when Peter's father left which resulted in them having to leave Pax.

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Theme: Life experiences change people, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.

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Life experiences changed Pax, Peter, and Vola. Pax's abandoning changed him. He met Bristle and had to adapt to the wild. His instincts had to make him a wild fox. The text states that Pax saw Bristle as a teacher and he learned how to do "fox-like" things from her, such as hunt. When Peter abandoned Pax there was a change in Peter, as well. He realized that it was the wrong decision so he made a brave move to go and find Pax. According to the text, he would travel 300 miles to get back to the fox he loved. Before he left, Peter was very timid, but when he set out to find Pax he matured and became courageous. The life experience that changed Vola was war. Going to war and killing someone gave her PTSD so she forgot who she was, and became afraid of herself. That urged her to find her true self again. The author writes, Vola was in the super market and she saw peanut butter. That was when she remembered she loved peanut butter. Later, she went to her barn and saw the peaches growing on her trees. At that moment, she remembered how much she favorited those peaches. That is how three characters' life experiences changed them.

This quote helped develop the theme because it says that war costs a lot. Not everyone says exactly what war costs. According to the text, war costed Vola forgetting her true self and her leg. This helps the theme because war costs people to change. For example, Vola lost her leg in war and got PTSD. So she had to change and find her true self.

Peter changed because before he met Vola he would have never spoken back to anyone. He was shy and afraid. Now, after he met Vola on his journey to find Pax, he learned that he should have more courage and now he has courage and he is back-talking Vola. This helps the theme because it shows how Peter is changing. He used to be shy and he wouldn't argue with anyone. Clearly, that's not him any more.

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Life experiences changed Pax, Peter, and Vola. Pax's abandoning changed him. He met Bristle and had to adapt to the wild. His instincts had to make him a wild fox. The text states that Pax saw Bristle as a teacher and he learned how to do "fox-like" things from her, such as hunt.

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Theme:  "Kindness, compassion, and empathy are necessary
for survival in difficult times"

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Theme: Kindness and compassion from others is needed for survival.

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The bat is a very strong symbol in this book. It illustrates part of the phoenix. This is because Peter, the last time he saw his mother before he died, used the bat to smash one of her snow globes. According to the text, Peter's mother says, "Don't be like him." This quote is hinting that Peter's mother does not want him to end up like his father. She wants him to have kindness and compassion in his heart which illustrates why the bat is an important symbol. Likewise, Peter now used it for something good, to fix his crutch so he could get to where Pax was. This proved that Peter has kindness and compassion in his heart which is why it is the theme of this novel, Pax by Sara Pennypacker.

Caption: This bat on the right was made by Vola that helped Peter survive when going to find Pax.

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The bat is a very strong symbol in this book. It illustrates part of the phoenix. This is because Peter, the last time he saw his mother before he died, used the bat to smash one of her snow globes. According to the text, Peter's mother says, "Don't be like him."

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Theme: It is possible, by getting to your truth, to overcome your past.

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Theme: Survival in difficult times depends on the kindness and compassion of others.

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Theme: The unintended consequences of war greatly impact humans, nature and animals.