 What is a major theme of the story?
Floating before him in memory was the vertical hoop and the horizontal hoop, both of shining steel-impervium alloy. The gyro actually passed over a man's shoulder, through his legs, under his arms. Or suppose he's walking down a railroad track and hears a train whistle—if he can hear anything over that verbal pablum gushing in his ear." Many "Cures" were not readily apparent. A clean-cut young man with mouse-colored hair was moving toward the stubble-chinned, heavy-shouldered man quivering in the center of a web of impervium cables stuck secure to the walls and windows of buildings facing the street, the sidewalk, a mailbox, the lamp post and Infield.
 Sometimes a 'cure' can end up causing more distress and pain than living with an affliction
 Placebos can be just as powerful as engineered medications and cures  Not every illness should be cured through a western, pathology-focused approach to healing  The more people believe there is something 'wrong' with them, the greater lengths they will go to hide or repair their 'flaws'  Sometimes a 'cure' can end up causing more distress and pain than living with an affliction