Editing Citizen of the Galaxy (section)

==Themes==
As in many of Heinlein's books, the principal character grows in wisdom and knowledge, beginning in relative ignorance, learning from experience, receiving the benefits of education, and using that education to resolve subsequent problems - both his own and those of the people around him.<ref>{{cite web
 |url= http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/works/novels/citizenofthegalaxy.html 
 |title= Citizen of the Galaxy Review 
 |author=  Milner 
 |year= 1997 
 |publisher= [[Heinlein Society]] 
 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716141259/http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/works/novels/citizenofthegalaxy.html
 |archive-date= 2011-07-16
 |access-date= 2010-11-26 
 |url-status= dead
 |quote = In many of Heinlein's books, a principal character is portrayed over time, beginning in relative ignorance, learning from experience, receiving the benefits of tutelage from an authoritative source, and then using those teachings to resolve subsequent problems.
}}
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Thorby integrates sequentially into four major completely different social settings, each of which presents a form of [[slavery]] contrasted with personal freedom.<ref>
{{cite book
|title=Robert A. Heinlein, A Reader's Companion
|last=Gifford|first=James
|date=May 19, 2024 |publisher=Nitrosyncretic Press
|isbn=978-0967987408|page=70
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2V6vAAAAIAAJ&q=slavery
}}
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