godless Themes

One of the elements explored in godless is what it means to have a BFF who is a social ball-and-chain. Jason and Shin have been close enough to finish each other's comic book drawings for years, bu...

Since godless a teen coming-of-age novel, appearance is definitely an issue. Jason Bock spends a fair amount of brain power considering how others may perceive him based on his size and "mountain t...

Jason Bock is somewhere between being a Catholic and an ex-Catholic. He's also transitioning from nerd to somewhere more in the middle of the social spectrum. The theme of identity also runs throug...

For Jason Bock, the question of religion comes down to faith—or the lack thereof, since he doesn't have any. The tenets and teachings of the Catholicism he's grown up with seem completely arbitra...

While Jason Brock's primary coming of age struggle in godless involves questioning the religion he was raised in and trying to come to his own personal place of faith (or lack thereof), his growing...

Not only does Jason reject the tenets of the Catholic faith, but he spends the end of his summer breaking his parents' rules and civil laws as well. In godless, the town's law (personified by offic...

Insanity in godless takes the form of a character having faith to the extreme. Shin believes in the ludicrous—that the town's water tower is god—partly because it can't be proven to be untrue....

For the most part, protagonist Jason Bock is a straight-shooting, frank kid in godless. He says what's on his mind even when it's likely to land him in hot water—and while the guy will sneak out...