Question by Zack R: Help me write a theme statement.?
I want to write a theme statement using trees and rocks as examples that describes how we should never give up, and if we stay with it results will come.
I came up with this:

Trees and rocks go through many storms every year, and they never back down. Rock’s surface eventually gets smoother, trees grow bigger and taller every year. Therefore no matter how hard or impossible it seems for us to do something. We should never back down. Stay with it until the end and results will come.

Best answer:

Answer by joniboni
I think it is a good start. I gave you a site to read about theme sentences and provided you with a coupe of examples. Read through this and see if you like your statement or if you want to make some changes.

http://users.uma.maine.edu/AKurth/Pages/SSTheme.html

The theme is the message the story presents. It does so by a combination of all its parts: what happens in the story; the place where it takes place; the characters and what they’re like and whether/how they they change; the narrator and his or her attitude toward things; the writing style; and any symbols that appear.

The short way to name a theme is with a word or phrase. I call this a theme idea. For example, some might say that the theme of a certain story is grief, or coming of age, or coping with loss. But that doesn’t go very far; the real question is, “What about grief, or coming of age, or coping with loss?” What does the story have to tell us about its theme idea?

Good themes for “Romeo and Juliet” might look like this:

* The bad blood of feuding families may eventually bring doom, not only to those who create the feud but to the next generation.
* Young people in love against all odds can be so passionate and unrealistic that tragedy results from their dramatic intrigues.

Each of these statements tries to cover the major points of the play. They are worded in a general way, so they could apply to real people. They are what we take to be the author’s overall message.

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