1. What is a theme?
Themes can be found everywhere: literature, stories, art, movies etc…
The theme can be a moral.
Ask yourself, “What is the story teaching?”
Try to figure out the author’s view about life by looking at how people behave.

2. Theme & Meaning Theme is the… underlying meaning of the story,
a universal truth, (something true for all)
a significant statement the story is making about society or human nature.

3. Theme = universal truth
The theme is usually something everyone goes through, a statement or a lesson about life.

4. Theme...the meaning of life?
The theme expresses the author's opinion or raises a question about human nature or the meaning of human experience.

5. At times the author's theme may not confirm or agree with your own beliefs.
Even then, if skillfully written, the work will still have a theme that illuminates some aspects of true human experience.

6. 2. The individual’s relationship and obligation to society.
Sometimes called “man vs. society”

7. 3. The individual’s inward journey to understand himself or herself/identity.
Sometimes called “man vs. self”

8. 4. The individual’s relationship and obligation to the natural world.
Sometimes called
“man
vs.
nature”

9. More Themes Bravery: Never give up.
Friendship: Success comes with working together.
Greed: Family and friends are worth a ton.
Loyalty: True friends will tell you when you’re wrong, and they’ll never leave you.
War: When man has suffered a loss, no one wins. War is necessary sometimes.
Honesty: The truth will set you free.
Kindness: It is better to give than to receive.