Half Broke Horses : Analyze the novel .What is the major theme(s) in the novel? How does the author arrive at it, and how does this theme/theme(s) affect or shape the main character?

Half Broke Horses’ by Jeannette Walls.

Analyze the novel .What is the major theme(s) in the novel? How does the author arrive at it, and how does this theme/theme(s) affect or shape the main character?