THEME

=**THEME** =

==//__Theme:__ Central idea in a work of literature or underlying truth behind the story. The idea may be a view about life or human nature that a writer shares with a reader.// ==

__ Various forms of theme __:

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// The theme of a fable is its moral - lesson learned through the choices of the characters and the outcome of the story. //=====

=== The Dove and the Ant An Ant, going to a river to drink, fell in, and was carried along in the stream. A Dove pitied her condition, and threw into the river a small bough, by means of which the Ant gained the shore. The Ant afterward, seeing a man with a fowling piece aiming at the Dove, stung him in the foot sharply, and made him miss his aim, and so saved the Dove’s life . ===

WHAT IS THE MORAL OF THE FABLE? Complete the question using the Discussion button at the top of this page. 



//The theme of a parable is its teaching.//

The Prodigal/Lost Son

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2015:11-32 

 WHAT IS THE TEACHING OF THE PARABLE? Complete the question using the Discussion button at the top of this page. 



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===<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">//<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">T <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">he theme of a piece of fiction/nonfiction is its view about life, how people behave, and the common experiences that connect all people. // ===

<span style="background-color: #4cff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Words to help in developing themes:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Abandonment || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Discovery || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Individuality || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Racism ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Activism || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Discrimination || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Innocence || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Rebellion ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Adoption || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Dreams || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Journey || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Religion ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Alienation || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Diversity || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Jealousy || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Revenge ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Acceptance || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Envy || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Loneliness || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Regret ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Anger || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Environment || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Loyalty || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Responsibility ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Betrayal || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Ethical Dilemmas || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Love || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Teamwork ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Belonging || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Fear of the unknown || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Leadership || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Tragedy ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Bullies || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Friendship || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Loss || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Trust ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Broken Families || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Freedom || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Memories || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Survival ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Choices/Decisions || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Gratitude || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Maturity || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Self-awareness ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Convictions || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Guilt || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Morality || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Self-esteem ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Courage || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Happiness || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Money || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Social change ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Commitment || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Heroes || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Nature || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Social status ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Community || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Hope || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Overcoming Obstacles || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Relationships ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Challenges || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Humor || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Poverty || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Risk-taking ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Conflict with Authority || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Hatred || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Pride || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Unrequited Love ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Death || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Honesty || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Propaganda || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Violence ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Dependency || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Isolation || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Peace || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Values ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Deception || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Irony || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Peer Pressure || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">War ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Denial || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Insecurity || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Parenting || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Worry ||


 * Suggestions by Students:**
 * Optimism || Self- pity || Wisdom || Uncertainty ||
 * Rejection || Epiphany || Hopelessness ||  ||

==<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">//Theme is a general __STATEMENT__ made about the subjects or concepts introduced through characters, plot, and setting.// ==

<span style="background-color: #16ff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Examples of Common Themes in Literature:
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 128.7%;">**Human Relationships:** a. Parents should/ should not sacrifice everything for the happiness and success of their children. b. In order for relationships to be successful, communication is necessary.

a, Manhood or womanhood is often established by an abrupt, random crisis or a series of trials leading to maturity. b. Growth within a person occurs when he/she must face a crisis of confidence or identity.
 * Growth/Maturity:**

a. When an individual is isolated from fellow human beings, his/her ability to interact with society is/ isn't diminished. b. Through alienation comes self knowledge.
 * Alienation:**

a. There is no death, only a different mode of life without physical decay. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 128%;"> b. Everyone experiences grief over death in his/her own way.
 * Death:**

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==<span style="background-color: #16ff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 128%;">Read the __Giving Tree__ by Shel Silverstein and click on the link to answer questions about theme. ==

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Audio format: read by Shel Silverstein media type="file" key="01 The Giving Tree.m4a" width="300" height="50"

==<span style="background-color: #16ff00; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: left;">[|Theme in The Giving Tree] ==

=<span style="background-color: #d300ff; color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: center;">**MUSIC & THEME** =

//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Music is universal; it extends across cultures and time to link people's hearts and minds through common experiences. These common experiences are the themes that permeate music lyrics. //

// **The following songs are representative of various genres of music: country, pop, and alternative. Although the songs themselves sound different, they are linked thematically.** **Listen to the song and follow along with the lyrics to determine the themes present in the song.** //

=<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">I'm Moving On = =<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Rascal Flatts =

I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons Finally content with a past I regret I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness For once I'm at peace with myself I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long I'm movin' on

I've lived in this place and I know all the faces Each one is different but they're always the same They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it They'll never allow me to change But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong I'm movin' on

I'm movin' on At last I can see life has been patiently waiting for me And I know there's no guarantees, but I'm not alone There comes a time in everyone's life When all you can see are the years passing by And I have made up my mind that those days are gone

I sold what I could and packed what I couldn't Stopped to fill up on my way out of town I've loved like I should but lived like I shouldn't I had to lose everything to find out Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road I'm movin' on

I'm movin' on I'm movin' on

** [|Theme in "I'm Moving On"] **

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">"Too Little, Too Late" Jo Jo

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Come with me Stay the night You say the words but boy it don't feel right What do ya expect me to say (You know it's just too little too late) You take my hand And you say you've changed But boy you know your begging don't fool me Because to you it's just a game (You know it's just too little too late)

So let me on down 'Cause time has made me strong I'm starting to move on I'm gonna say this now Your chance has come and gone And you know...

[Chorus:] It's just too little too late a little too wrong And I can't wait But you know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too late) You say you dream of my face But you don't like me You just like the chase To be real It doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too late)

Yeah yeaaahhh... It's just too little too late... Mhmmm

[Verse 2:] I was young And in love I gave you everything But it wasn't enough And now you wanna communicate (You know it's just too little too late) Go find someone else In letting you go I'm loving myself You got a problem But don't come asking me for help 'Cause you know...

{Chorus}

I can love with all of my heart, baby I know I have so much to give (I have so much to give) With a player like you I don't have a prayer That's no way to live Ohhhh... mmm nooo It's just too little too late Yeaahhhh...

[Chorus:]

Yeah You know it's just too little too late Oh, I can't wait

[Chorus (fading):]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">[|Theme in "Too Little, Too Late"]

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">**"In The End"** Linkin Park It starts with) One thing / I don’t know why It doesn’t even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme To explain in due time

All I know time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch it count down to the end of the day The clock ticks life away It’s so unreal

Didn’t look out below Watch the time go right out the window Trying to hold on / but didn’t even know Wasted it all just to Watch you go

I kept everything inside and even though I tried it all fell apart What it meant to me/will eventually be a memory / of a time when I tried so hard

And got so far But in the end It doesn't even matter I had to fall To lose it all But in the end It doesn't even matter

One thing / I don’t know why It doesn’t even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme To remind myself how I tried so hard

In spite of the way you were mocking me Acting like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I’m surprised it got so (far)

Things aren’t the way they were before You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then But it all comes back to me In the end

You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried so hard And got so far But in the end It doesn’t even matter

I had to fall To lose it all But in the end It doesn’t even matter

I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There’s only one thing you should know

I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There’s only one thing you should know

I tried so hard And got so far But in the end It doesn’t even matter I had to fall To lose it all But in the end It doesn’t even matter

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #d300ff; display: block; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> [|Theme in "In the End"]