Theme notes

Theme notes > Novels

Theme is the central idea of anything in literature. It is bigger than just one character. The subject is what the story is about and the theme is the lecture or a lesson about the conflict in the story or the subject of the story. A theme is an opinion, example: love stinks or friendship is the best thing ever. It also isn't supposed to be very obvious. You have to actually analyze what you learnt to be able to truly find the theme that the author tried to present. With this, to prove it, you must have supporting evidence from the book, this is where analyzing is important. To find the theme, you should 1. Look at the main character and find the positive changes he does, and take that the theme might be to do something like that, but if he changes is a negative way, the theme may be NOT to do what he did. 2. Watch for meaningful statements that usually show the theme clearly. 3. Look at the title for clues. 4. Look at the conflict and see what is going on. Like in Mobby dick: mam vs nature is a very clear theme.

The basics of theme:

-Theme is the moral of a story

-Theme is bigger than just the conflict.

-Literary works can have many themes

-The meanings belong to you, not the author

Theme in literature:

Man vs himself (a character with doubt or love against himself