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THEMES
MS. RUBY
BASIC QUESTIONS
• Themes are underlying messages of the story that a reader puts together a
puzzle
• An author won’t tell you exactly what the themes of the story are, the
readers need to piece them together as they read.
WHAT IS A THEME?
• Re-read the preludes and first chapter of the book thief and
figure out the setting of it.
• Try to recognize the themes of the book thief