Bad Boy: themes

I m still reading Bad Boy, which is the same book from last post. A lot of things have passed the impacted his life so much.  One is his uncle has died, and it really changed the tone of the story, his dad has become more quite now that his brother id dead, and also more religous. Another thing that happened is that he's just been acting wild (the main character). He's been doing things that get him injured and just being a "bad boy".

In the book the main character Walter, has been acting very bad lately, he's been getting injured and in trouble with authority. One time he jumped off a church roof, just because he saw it before in a movie being done in the military. He jumped off the roof and when he did, he landed on his heels ultimately he fractured his heels which he did not know until later on in his life. The theme is curiosity curiosity can lead into many dangers and a lot of trouble.He was curious to see what it was like to jump off a building  like in a movie he saw. He also got in trouble for stealing a bus. Him and his friends sole a bus and drove it around this shows that he was lead by curiosity which leads for the desire to do dangerous things.

 Another theme that I found was death. Walter's dad's brother died it changed many things. Walter never knew his Uncle well enough to feel that sadness, but his dad became devastated. His dad's mood all of a sudden changed. It made the house more sad, and his mother has become less talkative because she's depressed from the father. Death sets tones  in many stories. It creates a setting so sad no matter how bright the setting can be.

In conclusion, death can set a mood, and curiosity can put you at risk. Themes really have an affect on setting and the whole tone of the book overall.