The theme forgiveness was shown throughout the whole story. This theme taught the lesson that forgiveness takes time. After Junior threw the book at Mr. P, Mr. P went to visit Junior at his house to him talk about why Junior reacted the way he did. “‘But I do forgive you’ he said. ‘No matter how much I don’t want to. I have to forgive you. It’s the only thing that keeps me from smacking you with an ugly stick’”(Alexie 35). This moment in the book highlights that Mr. P realizes after a few days that he must forgive Junior. If he doesn’t forgive Junior, he could do something he would regret, like how he used to beat rowdy Indian students. This is a good concept for everyone to think about how forgiveness is necessary for anyone to be around that