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I think that theme is very important when you write. All pieces of writing should have a theme and express at least one central idea that guides the reader along as they read. A great piece of literature needs to have a theme otherwise it feels like the author is just writing random events that lead nowhere and for literature to be great, something needs to happen along the way and usually that is through the development of the theme. An example of this is the theme in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley where the control of society is brought forth and challenged which leads to many of the problems and resolutions throughout the novel. Using the opposing viewpoint, I would say that characters drive the work and there need not be a theme just enough events and characterization to allow the reader to really get to know the characters and understand their feelings and motivations.
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A theme I would consider communicating through my play is one of self discovery and how people need to be comfortable with themselves before they are truly are comfortable in the world. Also another theme I would consider using is bringing awareness to the poverty in Africa (from the first post) and how that impacts someone’s life here. Theme is important to me because it is something that readers can follow along throughout the entire play and would help the play stay focused around a specific subject or idea. This theme would be important because I believe that having a theme is a good idea and that all literature should have at least one central idea and the theme goes along with that.
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There are many potential conflicts that could be written for my play. Throughout the course of the entire play, there could be internal conflicts and external conflicts. A conflict that I would like to explore is a person vs. self conflict where the main character would have some issue, maybe involving not believing they are able to do something and have a big internal struggle regarding that issue and then resolving it in the end. Another conflict that I would probably work into the play would be a person vs. person so they would have a problem with another character because that creates drama and a feeling of tension around those two characters. If I ended up doing a play that had a theme about the poverty around the rest of the world, there could be a person vs. society conflict because society is not really trying to help the poverty on a unified level.
3 comments:
Great job relating question number 1 to The Brave New World! What theme is being portrayed in that book? I also like your idea that a play/book needs to have a strong theme and I liked that you chose person vs. self because I feel that that is a strong and fun theme to create in a play also!
I agree with what you say about the importance of theme: "A great piece of literature needs to have a theme otherwise it feels like the author is just writing random events that lead nowhere and for literature to be great, something needs to happen along the way and usually that is through the development of the theme." I like this idea because it is true, with out a theme, it feels like you as a reader are wasting your time reading the author's random thoughts and ideas.
Doing a person vs. self conflict is a great idea! You seem to have a lot of ideas to write about. I'm excited to hear about the struggles your characters have and how they overcome them.
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