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I feel the prominent theme in Fried Green Tomatoes is friendship and acceptance, not just of others but of your life and what it may bring. A big part of the book is about how even though African Americans were discriminated against; Idgie Threadgoode didn't follow the rules of society. One example is when she tells a boy "I want you to go back over to the yard and tell your friends, anytime they want anything, just to come around to the kitchen door" (53). Idige and the others working the cafe accepted them, befriended them, and treated African Americans like anyone else despite what anyone else thought or believed. Also throughout the novel we see Evelyn befriend Virginia Threadgoode, and "because of knowing Mrs. Threadgoode, she was not as scared of getting old or dying as she had once been..." (388). Evelyn's relationship with Mrs. Threadgoode help her to learn to accept what life will bring her. The whole novel is a message of powerful friendships and learning to accept.