LETTING GO

EVIDENCE OF THEME

• Will Henry throwing his hat (the only memory of his father) into the fire.
• He keeps remembering his parents.
• The doctor's remembrance of his own father.

QUOTES IMPLYING THE THEME

• "After the fire that claimed the lives of my parents, I had imagined I could smell smoke on me for days."
• "I could not bear it, the sight of the hat and the memories it represented"
• "A fire destroys, but it also purifies. I tossed my old hat into the center of the flames."

Look into the future
Forget the past
There's no way to change it