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Main Themes

 

                           Main Themes for Chapters for The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning

 

 

    Chapter:         Main Themes:              Pages:                                                      Evidence:

 

        5                The message in a          105-108         As Conner listens to a lost fairy tale by Brothers Grimm, he starts to relize

                                     story                                     that it is a warning, he is very tense about what terrible things could happen

                                                                                    next

                                                                                     

      

 

        8                   The stress of                145-154           Alex is about to be apart of the fairy council but the test she has to pass

                              messing up                                       is really stressing her out.

 

 

      13                      Rivalry                     237-250         Little red riding hood is the queen of the red riding hood kingdom and has

                                                                                      been challenged by little bow peep to be the next queen. Now they are having

                                                                                      a rivalry to see if red will stay or go.

 

 

       14               Spying can be              253-258          When Conner, Emmirich, and Bree plummet into the Land of Stories, they

                            informative                                   notice the Grande Armee talking about recruiting the prison and takinover 

                                                                                    the world and they must report it fast.

 

 

       15             The Changing of            260-271            Alex switches emotions when she hears her grandmother is dying, (sad)

                              Emotions                                             gets to she her brother who she has not seen in years, (happy) and hears

                                                                                            the Grande Armee is going to take over the world. (nervous)

 

 

      16             Appearances are            273-279           At first, the general didn't expect much from the masked man but  he

                             Deceptive                                             proved him wrong by giving him an idea that will change the world.

       

 

     21           The Call of a Dream        338-342            Queen sleeping beauty is talking about how the sleeping curse made her

                           Come True                                           unable to have a child and then suddenly she hears a faint cry. She runs to

                                                                                         it and finds a baby, the only child in the town who hasn't been killed. She

                                                                                         then keeps her as her own and her dream finally came true.

 

 

     24           The Surprize of a           370-373            When the soldiers of the kingdoms have trouble fighting the Grande

                       Strong Town                                           Armee, the charming kingdom town surprises them and fights by their

                                                                                         side and together they won the small battle.

 

 

     27              Believing is                  402-406         When Alex came up with a spell to take all the soldiers to the fairy palace   

                              Key                                                without being seen, she realized  that the only way she could do it was believe

                                                                                     in herself to do it.

 

 

     31             Not All Surprises         462-469            When Alex comes face to face with the masked man for the first time, she

                            Are Good                                           makes him take off his mask to find out that the masked man was her dad,

                                                                                        who apparently lied about dying in a car crash years ago.

Main Themes for the whole story for The Books of Beggining: The Emerald Atlas

 

Theme: Relationships Within Family

Evidence: 1.) Even when Kate really wanted to be adopted, but her siblings were being rude,  the lady started being rude to her siblings about their behavior. So, Kate stood up and stuck up for her family and didnt let the lady treat her  and he siblings that way. 2.) Even though Michael and Emma love eachother, Emma is constantly beeting Michael up when he annoys her or is rude. 3.)Michael loves his sisters but betray them for wanting to see his parents.He loves them yet he causesed confusion and anger by trading them in to the Countess, the meanest person alive.

 

Theme: The Burden of Secrets

Evidence: 1.) When the children find the Atlas, there is a burden of secrets of what other powers lay inside the book. 2.) When Kate hears the Countess say that the book has marked her, so many secrets that she has to fighure out, lie within her. 3.) When the children are talking to Dr. Pym, all the secrets they wonderd about their parents for years,were answered. And the worry and thought were lifted off their shoulders.

 

Theme: Hope and Strength in the Worst

Evidence: 1.) When Kate worried the Countess would make the worst happen, Emma had high hopes and knew it would be the same again. 2.) When Michael was irritated by the King, he had strenghth and stood up to him because he was threatening to cut of Kates hand. 3.) During the war,most thought they would loose and would all die. But the children, Gabriel, and some others held their hopes and strenghth and defeated the screechers and the army.

 

 

                                                                                  Counting By 7's

 

Theme: The Changing Idea of Family

 

Evidence:

 

1.)When Willow's parents died, she thought she had no family left and had to live with people she barley knew, but she was soon to find out.

 

2.)When Willow was living with the Nguyen's, she realised that family was someone who would care for you in a time of need. But, even more into the story, her thoughts changed.

 

3.)Awhile later, Willow finally realised that family is someone that you care about, someone who cares about you and motivates you and helps you with issues. Family is the sign that helps you realise that life goes on in the toughest of times.

 

 

 

                                                          A Long Walk to Water Main Theme

 

                      The hard journey doesn't always have a  relieving destination 

                                                   ( Can also be The Great Journey )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* After Nya's long walk to fetch the little water at the pond.                                       

 

Waiting for water. Here, for hours at a time. And every day for 5 long months, until the rain came and she and her family could return home.

 

                                               page 27

* During Salva's journey.                        

 

Men and Women, boys and girls, old and young, walking, walking...... walking to nowhere.

 

                                             page 23

 * When Salva got to the refugee camp after his hard journey.                        

 

People in lines and masses and clumps. People milling around, standing, sitting or crouching on the ground, lying down with their legs curled up because there was not enough room to stretch out.

 

                                             page 66

 

   Text Evidence

 One time, I went to a soccer tournament in Columbia, Maryland. In the games my team and I played, we worked very hard and fought hardly along the way. During our games, one of our best players got a concution. Also, before the championship game, our unstopable goalie had to leave to go home early. In the championship game, it was hard with missing players and also, our backup goalie was a little nervouse and let up a few goals. We lost the game sadly. It felt like all the fighting and hardwork didn't get us to where we wanted to be or what we came there for.

 An example from my life that relates to the theme.

Bridge to Terabithia and Number the Stars main theme

       Although Number the Stars and Bridge to Terabithia are different books, written by unalike authors, about completely different subjects, they surprisingly have a similar theme. That similar theme, is tragedy. In both stories, the major characters had to withstand hard tragedies that then changed their lives forever. Since the tragedies are not the same, there are different approaches each author took to develop the theme for their story.

 

       First of all, in Number the Stars, the tragedy was forced mostly upon the protagonist, as the same goes for the protagonist in Bridge to Terabithia. They were also both sad for, or about a particular person. However, the authors had to take different approaches for developing the theme for their story, but their approaches are similar in a way. The approaches Lois Lowry (Number the Stars) and Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia) are similar in a way because they both had smaller, lesser, sad events leading up to the main theme, tragedy. In Number the Stars, there was Ellen (major character’s best friend) having to leave her parents, leading up to the main tragedy of her leaving Denmark to escape the Nazis, which left Annemarie (major character) very upset and without a friend. In Bridge to Terabithia, there was Leslie (major character’s best friend) getting made fun of, laughed at, and excluded, leading up to the main tragedy of Leslie dying, leaving Jesse (major character) completely devastated. The text states “Your girl friend’s dead, and Momma thought you was dead, too.” This text example shows the devastation everyone must be going through since his family thought he was dead too. In both books, they have a similar theme, and had small, lesser sad events leading up to the main theme, tragedy.

 

       Although Number the Stars and Bridge to Terabithia’s theme is similar, the theme is still a little different for both stories. Like, in Number the Stars, the main theme wasn’t tragedy, although it was a very important part that left the major character facing tragedy. The text stated that “…it is much easier to be brave if you don’t know everything…” this text states that Annemarie had to be brave when Ellen left. It left her with tragedy but she still was brave. Also, of course, they were both different types of tragedy. In Bridge to Terabithia, the tragedy was death. In Number the Stars, it was losing a friend. However, the authors also took different approaches for developing the theme of their stories. For example, in Number the Stars, the books events determined the outcome, so Lois Lowry wrote her book leading up to the main event. However Katherine Paterson didn’t give any hints or details leading to the main event. It was a shock that made the book more emotional for the readers. So, although they share a similar theme, the approaches are different to present the theme.

 

       Although Number the Stars and Bridge to Terabithia share a similar theme, it doesn’t always mean that the theme, and the approaches each author took are the same. The similar theme is tragedy, and there are many similarities and differences between them, and the approaches to developing the theme. 

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