Themes Portrayed In The Simple Gift By Steven Herrick

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There are many themes explored in the novel, The Simple Gift. Such as homelessness, Random acts of kindness and the importance of positive relationships. Discuss two of these themes and how they are presented through the characters of Billy, Old Bill, and Caitlin. The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick is a unique book in which stories are told in very short sentences like how short poems are written, the Simple Gift is a book about Billy Luckett and how he fled his alcoholic father who would continually disrespect him and to Billy he felt that this wasn’t his home, he wasn’t safe and he didn’t have any free-will to do whatever he wanted to do without being torn by his father for anything right or wrong he did, to him he felt that it was just a