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== THEMES ==
Good vs. evil.
Is Anthony good or evil?
Well, when Anthony is in the cornfield interacting with the animals, it says, “Every time there would be some kind of creature he had never seen before, and he would find its mind, and see what it wanted, and then give it to it.” (Bixby, 438). This doesn’t sound like the thoughts of a maniac killer. He is using his powers to help the less fortunate. So why did the people of Peaksville fear him? Perhaps it is because the mind of a three-year-old cannot comprehend the difference between good and evil. In Anthony’s mind he is helping everybody, even if it means creating horrible things, “Like the time Mrs. Kent’s husband, Sam, had come walking back from the graveyard, because Anthony liked Mrs. Kent and had heard her mourning.” (Bixby, 436). Anthony doesn’t know any better, he is a child; he is only doing what he thinks is right.
== SCI-FI ELEMENTS ==