The Last Picture Show Themes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 69 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Last Picture Show.

The Last Picture Show Themes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 69 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Last Picture Show.
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Themes

The themes of loneliness and decay are central to the novel. The town is dying; the rich are really rich only on paper; the buildings are old and rotting; the only entertainment, the picture show, closes; the pool hall is the only remaining source of any kind of fun in the town. Not only does the town decay and die; so do the dreams and aspirations of the characters.

Sam, the one noble person in the novel, shuffles in house shoes, his feet aching, his body broken by age and a hard life.

Lois Farrow, once the most popular girl in school, satisfies herself with liquor and affairs; her daughter Jacy, beautiful and popular, seems to be following in her footsteps. Ruth Popper's life is broken by her ignorant fool of a husband, and later by the unthinking self-interest of Sonny.

Another theme prevalent in the novel is...

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