In the story The Money, by Junot Dìaz, I see the main idea as centering on the theme of trust. Throughout the narrative, that theme seems to be the component that links the characters together and runs through their relationships with each other. The mother saved up money to send to her parents and they trusted her to send them the money. She also trusted her kids with the knowledge of where the money was kept, and the boy trusted his friends with the knowledge of the money being in his house. While this is the underline theme and main point, a sub theme is to be careful who you trust. The boy learned this lesson the hard way. After the money is stolen, the boy talks to his friends about it, thus realizing they were the ones who robbed
