How to get to the theme:
1) Brainstorm the main idea of the novel.
2) What question does the author ask us to think about these ideas?
3) Think big picture and try to think of how the play answers the question.
Example:
1) prejudices
2) How do prejudices change an individuals' images?
3) Prejudices can cause a segregated individual to loose social status in a society.
What is a theme?
-big picture (universal)
-life lessons
-debatable
-messages
-prevalent throughout the entire book
-a statement (not an individual word, should read like a complete sentence when taken out of the thesis)
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