Theme Parks

The United States is littered with theme parks; basically every single state has one. Most people have visited at least one in their lifetime. Some of these places might include Disney Land/World, Hersheypark, Dollywood, Universal Studios, and Seaworld. These places all have a lot of rides and attractions, and each of these things does their own thing within the park. Altogether though, the rides give the park a theme.

This applies to literature, too. In a work, there may be several subplots, but altogether they add up to what the story is about. Maybe it is a general, vague theme, but sometimes it is a very specific theme.

Literature is often a reflection of what happens in “real-life” so it makes sense that it would apply to us as well. We go through tragedies, sometimes there is comic relief, and sometimes there is just a plateau. Sometimes death can even play a theme in our life.