Theme

Question 1

Theme

Answer 1

Controlling idea or central insight of story; unifying generalization about life

Question 2

Exists only when an author

Answer 2

Has seriously attempted to record life accurately or reveal some truth about it and has mechanically introduced some concept or theory about life and their story illustrates it

Question 3

Principles of theme

Answer 3

1. Must be expressed in the form of a statement
2. Must be a generalization about life
3. Central and unifying concept of the story
4. Avoid statements that reduce the theme to a cliché
5. No one way of stating theme