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Fighting back for whats right is an important theme in the book. One scene might have meant life and death for Mona while she was at the Ruiz family party, and Frank had demanded the keys, Mona said no, which ended up with Mona running to the car with her kids, and Frank screaming while chasing after them. Mona got in the car, and "[She] jerked the car in reverse and stomped on the gas, and then, after rocketing backwards ten yards, I slammed on the brakes, jerking the car to a screeching stop." Mona finally decided to take action, and leave Frank forever, potentially saving not only her own life, but her kid's lives. The picture shows a woman and her child, and the woman has decided to stop the harassment from the person hurting them, which shows fighting back for what's right, just like Mona did with her kids.

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Gang violence is another very important theme that is portrayed throughout the book. This is shown quite well when Mona was at a party with her sister, and there was a drive-by shooting that shot one of Mona's sister's good friends. Roni, her sister, was screaming and crying out over, and over, that, "It's Art, it's Art." This happened too often at parties, when gang members drive by with guns and shoot at parties. This image represents gang violence because due to a party, the cops were called due to too much noise, or someone was injured from a shooting.

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Drug abuse is shown all throughout the book. An example of this is when Frank had started doing PCP much more frequently until it "Became a daily ritual with the influence of his new party companion," and he never stopped, not even after Mona divorced him, and left him. Frank had fallen into a rabbit hole of doing PCP, he had become so addicted that he was almost always on PCP and it had really started to make a difference to his mindset and behavior. This picture shows drug abuse because the person in the picture has a problem with drugs, to the point that he might have lost his job, just like Frank, and he probably is passed out, just like Frank has done many times in the book.

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Never giving up is a very important theme of Two Badges. When Mona is training to become a police officer, and, "[She] wanted to hide. [She] wanted to quit. Instead, [she] lowered [her] head and tried harder." When it started to get hard, and obstacle after obstacle were thrown at her, no matter how much she wanted to quit, she kept going, and constantly tried to get better and stronger. Through her efforts, she ended up passing seventh in her class. This image shows a man in a marathon who had trained very hard to get there, but even still, he was injured, and decided instead of quitting, he'd crawl all the way to the finish line, and he'd push through the pain, just like Mona pushed through her injured ankle the day of the test, and still managed to do what she did and pass.

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Domestic abuse plays a major part in Two Badges, and it is shown when Mona and Frank are arguing, and Frank screams, "I'm going to kill you, b****! I'm gonna KIILLLL you!" and then he was "rushing toward [her,] grabbing at [her] hair and arms." This quote is an example of domestic abuse because Frank is threatening to kill her and then starts to attack her. This is one of many times that Frank has abused Mona, and he has put her and her kids in life threatening danger. The Image also represents the theme of domestic violence because as the mother is getting abused by her husband, the child is also being hurt by what is happening and the father might also hit the child from time to time, just like how Frankie Jr. was constantly hearing the fights, and he was also probably hit.