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An assertion that the text seems to make about the subject. According to Quinn “the theme is a useful way of organizing the reading of the text, of connecting one text to another, and of applying reading to the experiences of life.” A theme helps the reader discover meanings in literary work by making connections between the text and the outside world. It consists of the ideas that emerge from the text such as action, observations, revealing states of mind, and feelings. For example, in The Age of Spiritual Machines and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep the subject is “androids.” The theme that unifies the reader to the text could be “Androids may some day be so sophisticated it will be impossible to distinguish them from humans.” | An assertion that the text seems to make about the subject. According to Quinn “the theme is a useful way of organizing the reading of the text, of connecting one text to another, and of applying reading to the experiences of life.” A theme helps the reader discover meanings in literary work by making connections between the text and the outside world. It consists of the ideas that emerge from the text such as action, observations, revealing states of mind, and feelings. For example, in The Age of Spiritual Machines and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep the subject is “androids.” The theme that unifies the reader to the text could be “Androids may some day be so sophisticated it will be impossible to distinguish them from humans.” | ||
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