Theme Of Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can written by Frank A. Abagnale and Stan Redding portray a remarkable tale of adventurous, deceitful crimes. A sixteen year old teenager impersonates different occupations and forges checks to live a luxurious life without any parental supervision even though his age characterizes him as a minor. His expenditures led the police in fifty states and twenty-six foreign countries on the search for him as one of the most wanted criminals. However, looking for the teenager was difficult for the police since he was not an adult and the crimes he committed were not official according to the law. This adventurous fiction book displays major themes like broken homes, identity, and addiction. One of the major themes, broken homes, significantly impacted Frank for the reason that he began committing small crimes like stealing candies and sneaking into movies. It psychologically affected him by depriving him from attention from both his loved ones, his mother and father. He states, “Perhaps I was seeking attention myself” (Abagnale and Redding 9) therefore evidently stating that he seeks attention to escape his loneliness. Thus, he befriends teenagers with the same problems and begins his criminal activities
The project links every place, crime, name, and women to the “real” Frank who is a sixteen year old teenager. When he escapes from home Frank Williams Abagnale uses different names to impersonate different occupations and a different name to forge checks by creating a fake licence that made him ten years older. All of these fake names create a fake identity in which he struggles to find his real self. He lives a life of lies therefore he does not have stability and those he loves the most end up fleeing. In addition, the project has a representation of a detective board in which different crimes, places, and names are linked to a single con artist, Frank William Abagnale, a