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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement:
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because...
In the text it states, "____."

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After each section of story, we are going to record some theme statements. Use the tools and word banks to help you identify the theme statement. Remember a Theme Statement is a sentence that states the big idea of the text.

You are to write a responses for EACH of the three themes: Relationships, Gender Roles, and Time & Memory.

Each chapter may have multiple themes. Use the theme topic word bank to help you identify a theme topic. Then identify an action word to help you make a theme statement. Finally, write a sentence using the theme topic and action word to write a theme statement. Be sure that your sticky note color matches the theme topic you chose.

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Theme Statement:
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because...
In the text it states, "____."

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Theme Statement:
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because...
In the text it states, "____."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word: can be
Theme Statement: Relationships can be supportive
This is a theme statement for Freak the Mighty because Kevin stands up for Max when the class is calling him names. Kevin gets on Max's shoulders and chants about how great Freak the Mighty is when they are together.
In the text it states, "' How's this for an example?' Freak is saying. 'Sometimes we're nine feet tall and strong enough to walk through walls. Sometimes we fight gangs. Sometimes we find treasure. Sometimes we slay dragons and drink from the Holy Grail.'"

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement: The theme statement is relationships because this novel shows how relationships affect feelings.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy is feeling angry about how his sister can sit on the wheelbarrow and he has to pull it but when he does it he gets punished because of that.
In the text it states, "He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.".

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement : discovering feelings for something/someone can affect your relationships
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because whenever its the boys turn to pull the girl on the wagoon, he's always tired and upset because its his least favorite thing to do and he wishes he could just sit on the wagoon but whenever he does he gets in trouble by his dad and gets punished for doing so
In the text it states, "He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Theme Statement: The theme tatement that i would use would be
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because Whenever grandpa discovers that the boy is not pulling her sister on the wagoon he gets mad and punishes him and says that hes a boy and shouldnt be in the wagoon making her pull him
In the text it states, "great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away,."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement: Lose/Losing
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because without relationships people can be themselves
In the text it states, "Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it.."

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Theme Topic: Relationships

Theme Statement: Relationships affect how people feel about each other.

This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the Brother is always getting mad when he has to pull his sister on the wheelbarrow and if he didn't pull his sister would snitch on him.

In the text it states, ""He only wanted her to pull and pull him."

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Theme Statement:
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because when the girl was talking about a red wagon that brought her back to her childhood which is a memory that she remmebered for when she was a kid
In the text it states, "She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking,"

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Theme Topic: Relationship
Theme statement: Who is right and who is wrong?
This is the theme statement for Bone Black because the Girl says that she is the one who is suppose to ride the wagon while the boy pushes the cart but the boy claims that he should be on the wagon while being pulled by the girl. In the text it states," They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever." and " He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon".

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement: Relationships effect how you feel. This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy doesn't like that his sister always gets to sit and be pulled but he doesn't get a turn. In the text it states "he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon¨

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Theme Statement: Feel/Feeling
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because Gender roles are dumb and stupid.
In the text it states, "he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.  "

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Theme Statement: Discover/Discovering
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because Time and memory can mean people got old
In the text it states, "She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. ."

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Theme Topic: Time and Memory
Theme Statement: Losing
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl was going though some pictures that she found and she saw that what she was riding wasn't a wagon but a wheelbarrow and that's when she noticed that she got dirty and that she got so much bruises because of the wheelbarrow.
In the text it states "She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear."

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Theme topic: Relationship
Theme Statement: who is right and wrong?

This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl thinks that the boy is supposed to pull the wagon and that she isn't supposed to be the one pulling it because she's a girl.

And the boy thinks that his sister is wrong and he's right because he thinks that even though he's a boy he still shouldn't be the only one pulling the wagon he should also be the one riding the wagon.

In the text it states "  She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. "

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Theme Topic:Relationships
Theme Statement:The way they feel about each other
This is a theme statement for bone black because the boy gets upset when he has to pull the girl and the grandpa doesnt like seeing the girl pull the boy because he can see that she looks tired and shes struggling  to pull the boy,then the boy gets punished. In the text it says,"She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns."

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papa want the boy to pull the wagon but the boy want to be in the wagon so that mean that papa is making gender role

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles

Theme Statement:Gender roles make people do specific things because of their gender.

This is a theme statement for Bone Black because whenever grandpa and the dad finds out that the boy is not pulling the girl they say to him that he needs to be pulling the wagon not her.

In the text it states, "Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement: who's right?
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl's point of view is she lost her Relationship with her brother because of a wheel barrel.
In the text it states, "She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older.They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement: having feelings for something can affect your relationships
this is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy hates how he has to push the wagon for the girl  but the girl does not need  to push him in the wagon.  The boys  sister annoys  him so much.
In the text it states, ""He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Theme Statement: Gender Roles Can make you do something you dont want to do. This is a theme statement for Bone Black because Papa and grandfather don't like seeing the girl struggle when she is pulling her brother so they make him pull her all the time. In the text it states, ''She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon''.

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Theme topic: Gender Roles
Theme statement: Stereotyping effect you're perception of others.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the Girl thought that she was the one who was supposed to be pulled by the boy and the boy just fights dragons and does the hard work.
In the text it states," She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement:a relationship between someone
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because we can see how the boy and the girl relationship is with each other
In the text it states, "She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl."the boy hated his little sister

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Theme Statement: sometimes your memory fades after some times.

This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl starts to discover more about her past.

In the text it states, " She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow."

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gender rolees are when people thinks that everything is based on gender girls have one job only girls can do and boys can do what only boys can do in the story it says that "he was to pill it becuse he was a boy a  would be prone would do all the harf work slay the dragons fight the slimy creatures challenge the fat ugly men so that he couls carry the beatuful princess  this shows that the story theme is gender

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Theme topic: Relationships
Relationships effect how siblings treat eachother.  In Bone Black the boy seems to want control over the relationship between him and his sister. He always wants control over play time and who gets pushed in the wagon.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because it shows how the boy thinks and how he wants to dictate their friendship.
In the text it states, " As soon as they turned the corner he would push her off the wagon and demanded he'd be pushed".

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Theme Topic: Time and Memory
Theme Statement: Time And Memory can mean when you discover something This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl discovered that she has been pulled around in a wheelbarrow and she realised why she had so much bruises and was dirty all the time. In the text it states "Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow''

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Theme Topic: Time and Memory
Theme Statement: Time and memory makes you look back at it again.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl was going though some pictures that she found and she saw that what she was riding wasn't a wagon but a wheelbarrow and that's when she noticed that she got dirty and that she got so much bruises because of the wheelbarrow.
In the text it states "She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Theme Statement:  Boys have to do all the hard stuff while the girls dont
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl needed to act like a princess and the boy must act like a prince
In the text it states, "She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Theme Statement: Relationships affect how you feel about each other.
In the text it states, "She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Theme Statement: Gender Roles is working on what people tell you to do because of your gender.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because he was a boy and she was a girl and they wanted the boy to pull the girl.
In the text it states, "Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl."

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Theme Topic: Time and Memory
Theme Statement: Time and memory losing connection
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl was going though some old pictures and she found a picture that she was riding a wagon but in reality it was a wheelbarrow and that's when she noticed that she got dirty and that she got so much bruises because of the wheelbarrow.In the text it states "She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. maybe it disappeared because of our constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear".

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Theme topic: gender role

Theme statement: gender roles make people act and do specific things just because of their gender.

This theme statement is a theme statement for Bone Black because in this book there's a girl and a boy that think differently about what boys and girl are allow to do and what they are not allow to do like the sister thinks that the boy shouldn't be allow to ride the wagon since he's a boy he should be the wagon instead , but the boy thinks that it doesn't matter if he's a boy he should also be able to ride the wagon like his sister.

In the text it states, " He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

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Theme Topic: Time/ Memory
Theme Statement: Time changes are memory
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl is now older and remembers if the wagon was even real in the first place so she goes to find some old pictures and sees that it was not a red wagon but rather a wheelbarrow.
In the text it states, " She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises and dirty torn clothes."

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This is the theme statement for bone black because in this IFL novel it shows how some realtionships get affected because of the gender roles and towards peoples feelings. Like for example the boy and girl are really close siblings who like to use a "wagon" but the boy gets upset over the fact that they didn't let him use it because he is a boy and expected to pull his little sister on the wagon, this affected their relationship because they had more arguments and disagreements on some stuff. In the text it states"They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it." this is showing what they are expected to based on their gender roles.

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Relationship means that how they feel with someone it could show weather if you like that person or if u dont like them it could satand for freindship or relation ship with two people that like eachother or it can be weather your realted "She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older." there realtionshp with eachother is brother and sister

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Theme Statement: memory can change while growing up
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl remembers that the red wagon was not really a wagon but it was really a wheelbarrow
In the text it states, "She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out.."