What Is The Theme Of The Truth About Sharks By Joan Bauer

You go into a store to get some chips or a Coca-Cola, soon, thereafter you walk to the back of the store, where the candy section is. As you walk and grab some potato chips, the cashier yells “Hey put that back!” You wonder to yourself, “am I allowed to buy this or does he not want me to?” You go up to the counter and before he explains what happened, and why he yells, he tells you to put your hands up and don't go anywhere. You sit there for a while looking like you're reaching for something on a top shelf, a man with a uniform and badge comes walking in through the front door. The badge says “New Jersey State Police.” Before you can speak, he puts cuffs on you.. “You have the right to remain silent….” The words get louder, and you can hear

In the short story “The Truth About Sharks” by Joan Bauer, the main character Beth feels the same way. The young 17 year old girl, goes to store to buy some nice clothes for her Uncle Al’s party. As she goes and tries on some pants, she walks out of the dressing room with them on. The Security Guard (Madge P. Groton) thinks she is shoplifting. So she calls the police, and as the police shows up, the officer puts her in the back of the cop car. As they start to drive to the station. Beth thinks quickly about the women that might have saw everything that happened, which was one of the workers Hannah. As they went back into the store, the police officer walked up to Hannah and started asking her questions about what she had seen. She had seen it all and she told the officer that Beth had done nothing wrong and that Madge P. Goron had framed her. The police officer un-cuffed Beth and put the cuffs on Madge for accusing someone and they had done nothing wrong. “Keep moving forward,” this quote applies to Beth and how she never gave up in herself, and demonstrates the theme of there will be obstacles that will be challenging and will stump you in life but you have to grow a backbone and find away around