What are the motifs in Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith?

The strength of family is a recurring idea throughout the novel. Fone Bone loves his cousins. Even though Phoney Bone is inconsiderate, selfish, and self-centered, Fone Bone consistently tries to help him. He leaves Boneville, hikes into the desert, becomes lost, and searches through the winter to find him. He even helps him to stay with Grandma, even though he has been troublesome. Phoney, too, loves his cousins. He complains about Fone and Smiley consistently, and is highly selfish and self centered. He even steals his belongings.