When trying to identify the theme of a story or novel think about the following:
- What life lesson/idea is the author trying to teach the reader?
- How can this lesson/idea from the “small world of the story” be applied to the “real world”?
- Think about the big picture
- The theme is not going to be stated directly
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- You will need to make an inference (read between the lines)
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