What Is The Theme Of Hidden Talents By David Lubar

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Hidden Talents by David Lubar is about a 13 year old boy named Martin Anderson that had to go to a alternative school because he was bad. The author focuses on two themes that are shown again and again this story: “Don't judge a person by who they are, judge them by who they can become” and “Powers are not always good if you don’t know how to use them.” These themes are shown in the book by the way adults and other kids treat the alternative students, and also when Martin's friend caught a paper on fire. The first theme is “Don’t judge a person by who they are, but what they can be.” This is shown when the kids from the alternative school are walking down the street and the other students act like they are afraid of them. The author states that “Kids went quiet and ran to the other side of the street .” This shows that people judge someone's abilities before it they get to know them. After the alternative kids escaped.“Maybe adults are wrong about you.” This shows that people make assumptions about someone before they even know them and what they can do. This is at the end of the book after they save the school and the principle is …show more content…

Briggs dropped his wallet on the walk to class and one of Martins friends, Lucky, found it. ” This information is important because Mr. Briggs thought the kid stole it but the author let us know that Mr. Briggs dropped it. By including this the writer wants us to know this character Lucky used his power of finding things to find the wallet. Unfortunately now he was being accused of stealing. “Philip if you keep denying you have problems you'll never make progress.” This shows that if you don’t confess to what you did you will make no progress in time. This was the moment in the book when torchie when to

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