Using the following list of themes and your research project book to spend a few minutes doing a free association with you theme and any other connections you make. Your connections can be related to literature or
Themes to Consider:
Aging Alienation Ambition Appearance and Reality Apprenticeship
Awakenings Battle of the Sexes Beauty Betrayal Breaking Barriers
Community Courage Crime and Punishment Crisis of Faith Desire of Immortality
Duty (Filial Piety) Ecstatic Experience (religious/spiritual/physical) Fall from Innocence
Family: Structures, Struggles Father and Son/Daughter Fear Freedom
Happiness Jealousy Loneliness Love Loyalty Nature of Creativity
Nature of Evil Perseverance Prejudice Romantic Love Search for God
Search for Knowledge Strength of the Human Spirit Suffering Truth
Utopia and Anti-utopias Visions of War
Themes to Consider:
Aging Alienation Ambition Appearance and Reality Apprenticeship
Awakenings Battle of the Sexes Beauty Betrayal Breaking Barriers
Community Courage Crime and Punishment Crisis of Faith Desire of Immortality
Duty (Filial Piety) Ecstatic Experience (religious/spiritual/physical) Fall from Innocence
Family: Structures, Struggles Father and Son/Daughter Fear Freedom
Happiness Jealousy Loneliness Love Loyalty Nature of Creativity
Nature of Evil Perseverance Prejudice Romantic Love Search for God
Search for Knowledge Strength of the Human Spirit Suffering Truth
Utopia and Anti-utopias Visions of War