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THE PRINCE OF TIDES SYNOPSIS
THEMES - THEME ANALYSIS
The major theme of this novel is the dehumanization of the modern American
male. Tom’s major conflict is against a society that has only.........
POINT OF VIEW
First Person, limited (although, there are times when Tom is privy to the
emotions of others)
QUOTES - IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS AND ANALYSIS
1. “In perfect stillness, I shut my eyes and lay in the
darkness and made a vow to change my life.” -Tom, pg. 75.
Tom makes this vow in New York City when he has thought about how off
track his life has gotten. This vow begins the summer that will change
Tom’s life.
2. “From that day, I renounced that part of me that was
his and hated the fact I was male.” - Tom, pg. 118.
Tom makes this statement after he has recalled the first time he witnessed
his father’s brutality (at the picnic on the mountain). This quotation
is important because it touches on many of the themes of this novel: the
dehumanization of the American male, chauvinism, the place of women in
southern society. Tom will lead a life in which he battles being male............
Edition referenced: Bantam, September, 1994
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