Tracey helps to convey the theme of 'The Importnace of friendship' by writing to Mandy. The subjects covered in the letters Tracey writes to Mandy are of quite a 'heavy' content. The things that Tracey tells Mandy are extremely hard subjects to discuss with just anyone. "It's funny, I go to so much trouble not to whinge about this place when I'm writing to you. I don't want you to know how bad it is." It makes it easier to have a close friend to share your problems with because you know that they'd be some one you could trust and who would listen.
Tracey also helps to convey the theme of loneliness by her situation in the novel. Tracey is in Garrett (a youth prison) so she is completely isolated from the outside world, apart from the letters Mandy sends her. But when Mandy stops writing, Tracey feels truly alone again. "The hardest thing is not knowing. And being in here, I'm totally cut off."
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