The Body of Christopher Creed | Themes

The Body of Christopher Creed Themes

Categorizing People/Class Distinction

Class distinction or the way people categorize other people is a major source of the confusion in this novel. Torey has hung out with the same group of kids since they were all in diapers; therefore, Torey has the same belief system as all these other kids. When his friends say that the boons are smelly, dangerous and bad, Torey believes it. When his friends say that Ali is a girl who has a lot of sex, Torey believes that too. It never occurs to Torey to believe anything other than the popular opinion. However, when Christopher Creed disappears and Torey reads a copy of his runaway/suicide note, Torey begins to wonder why they were all mean to Christopher and why the automatic assumption is that one of the boons killed him.

Through the course of the novel, Torey's whole belief system is put to the test. First, Torey realizes...
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