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Themes Confidence
Theses A person may not discover his ability until he takes chance to show it out.
Dream
Fame
Details Troy Bolton leader of schools basketball team and Gabriella Monteza future chemist were accidentally asked to sing a song in the New Year s eve party. They were shy at first but gradually catch up with the melody. Then, they realised that they had amazing voices. Troy and Gabriella overcame all the preventions of their parents and friends and kept singing. They were ultimately selected to sing at the schools musical and appreciated by everyone. As the leader of the basketball team, Bolton was
people happy
Music
Happiness
considered as the hottiest guy and admired by any other student at school. Troy was always under the pressure to be perfect. He was afraid of loss. He had no time for discover his other passions. It is the muic that helps Bolton and Montez overcome their shyness, get to know each other and become a couple later. Joe Larrabee was an artist and Delia Caruthers was a pianist. They lived in a flat- a lonesome flat. And they were happy, for they had art, and they had each
Passion
Love
other Poverty Although poor, cannot stop Joe and Delia your desire kept attending artistic lessons and talked continually about art after classes. One can But after a sacrifice while Art himself for flagged. Joe his lover and Delia told each other about their plans. Joe decided to sell papers or lay cobblestones while Delia would teach a rich familys daughter the piano so that they could earn money and continue learning. But they lied to each other. Both of them were working at the same
drying factory.
Lies
Risk
Joe and Delia finally found the truth. They laughed and changed their slogan from When one loves one's Art no service seems hard to When one loves, no service seems hard Bill Gates quitted Harvard University to to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul
Bill Gates
Prediction
Family
Allen. So far, Microsoft has been the most prosperous corporation in software industry. Abitily to Bill Gates made pronostigat a lot of e the future predictions helps one about the to be more popularity, succesful construction of than computers, others. attraction of internet in the future when he was young . It is Gates foresight and vision that is the main factor of Microsofts success. Ones Gates parents family had prepared always for him to support become a one. lawyer since he was young. But they could realize how much he
Humanity
Qualificatio ns
Love
Love
absorbed in computer. He supported him and respected his decisions. Humanity At the age of can 53, Bill Gates overweigh gave up on the money position as Microsolf s chairman. He wanted to focus only on his fund for global health Qualificatio Bill Gates- one ns mean the richest and nothing most famous when you people in the have your world has not own dream received any universitiy degrees so far. Love Oliver Barrett overcomes was a "preppie the millionaire" difference and Jennifer in status Cavilleri was as social zero. They fell in love and got married regardless of
story ( 1970)
Olivers parents disapproval. This led to the separation between Barrett and his parents. Independen There are Oliver never ce people follows the never footstep of his depending wealthy father. on their He entered wealthy Harvard family. university, earned money to learn, got a scholarship and found a good job by himself. Destiny One cannot Jennifer got encounter down with her destiny leukemia when she and Oliver were having a perfect life. They were both poweless with the disease. The leukemia won and she died. Pride One should Despite having
separated from family, Barrett deliberately came back home to borrow his dad $5000 to cure for his wife. Friendship Friendship Bob and Jimmy is forever had been best friends since they were young. They had promised After 20 to meet each years other after 20 ( O.Henry years ) regardless of any circumstance and distance. Both of them kept the promise. Responsibili Responsibili When meeting ty ty is more Bob, Jimmy important realised that than Bob was the individual criminal that relationship the police had been looking for. Jimmy- as a policeman had
Humanity
Click (2006)
Nature
no choice but arrested his friend. Arresting Jimmy could the one you not arrest Bob love seems by himselt. He impossible had to order another policeman to do so. Everything Michael should go Mewman was on its an overworked natural architect.He process got a "universal remote" from an eccentric engineer , and found he could control the universe around him. Due to misusing the remote, he was taken to 24 years later. He missed expriencing many significant events in his life.
When Michael was adjacent to the death, he regretted not having taken care of his family, having delayed eating dinner with his grandparents. not having spent time with his father before his father died. Attraction One can Michael was easily too absorbed in attracted to work. This wealth and made him too power. stressed that he never cared for his family. Irresponsibi One has to Michael had to lity pay for his pay for his lack irresponsibi of concern lity about his family. His wife married another man and his children no longer respect him. Family After all, In the end,
Michael s wife and children still loved and taked care of Michael when he was sick. Friendship Friendship Sam and Frodo is the were side by basement side from the of strength first to the last moment . Frodo strengthened Sams spirit in the early part of the journey while Sam did so in the later part. He helped Frodo away from the heavy burden which Frodo was carrying The Ring of Sauron Persistence Ones spirit It was Aragon can who resisted to overweigh take away the his desire ring from Frodo when he had the chance to do it, while the Ring had the
Unity
Belief
power to rise the desire from any creatures It was the unity of men, elves dwarves to fight against the countless Orc who seemed to prevail the whole war. Legolas once said 300 men against 10000 Orc?! This was hopeless But who could believe Men won the war ? Hope gathered and brought this fellowship in to its journey. Hope made 9 men believe they could change the world when they set out from Riverdown. Hope made
Talent
Frodo and Sam move their feet through the hazard Modor to Mt. Doom. And Hope made Aragon and Gandalf establish a diversion at the Final Battle. They believed that Frodo reached Mt. Doom. They risked their life for this threadlike chance. Talent is The Panda, was the innate chosen by ability master Oogway which deliberately, determines who could see ones his talent. Later success on , the Panda and power showed his later on incredible progress in Kungfu skill and beat Tai Long in the end Enthusiasm The Panda
Pride
showed that he was a dreamer. He always dreamt about and grasped at every chance he had. And He made it become the Warrior of Legend ! One can Tai Long turn his possessed back on his great great master due talent even to his more than the desire for Panda at first power. sight, but Oogway saw darkness in his mind so he refused Tai Long to be the Lagendary Warrior. Then Tai Longs wrath bursted into real action: He was to take the Dragon scroll by force and harmed villagers,
Belief
friends and even his Foster Father Master Shifu You just have to believe It was the secret in the scroll and in every word of Master Oogway. Panda kept believing in himself and finally succeeded. Nemos father always wants to protect Nemo against bad things. Therefore, he prevented Nemo from exploring the world. Fathers restraint annoyed Nemo. He tried to get out of this prevention. He was caught by human beings
Friendship
Family
Marriage
Titanic
when exploring the ocean. Friendship When having to exists in live in a cistern difficulty in a clinic, Nemo met a lot of friends there who tried to help him get out of the cistern Only after Returning expriencing home after a obstacles hard time, does one Nemo understand understood the how much his importance father loved of family him and why his father wanted to prevent Nemo from exploring the ocean . Marriage Rose had been should be arranged to deprived marry Hockleyfrom love a successor of not from a prosperous arrangeme group. nt Frustrated by the engagement,
Sacrifice
One can even sacrifice himself for a stranger One never leaves her lover down
Love
Rose tried to commit suicide by jumping from the stern but was saved by Jack, with whom she fell in love later on. Rose and Jack tried to rescue a little boy in the deck which was nearly filled with water. Rose could get on a lifeboat but she refused. She got back on the ship to rescue Jack. The rich prevented the poor from getting on the lifeboat because they were afraid of losing chances of living. In the end, most of the passengers
dying were the poor. Bui Duong Thuc Anh Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Themes Theses Detail Superficiality Many people 2 noble families, judge others by the Capulet and their superficial the Montague appearances. hate each other just because of their name Love Love is Romeo who is unpredictable madly in love and with Rosaline uncontrollable instantly falls for Juliet from the moment when he first sees her. Romeo then forgets Rosaline completely. Sacrifice One can Both Romeo sacrifice his and Juliet are own life for his willing to die beloved rather than live without each other Remorse Remorse It is not until the usually comes Capulet and the
Montague see their childrens dead bodies that they decide to end their long-standing feud but everything is too late.
Theses Love has no limit in respect of age, social status. Human cannot determine their destiny
Destiny
Detail Rose, a rich girl falls in love with Jack in spite of his lower social status Nobody thinks that they will die when they are travelling on Titanic which is nominated as the ship of dreams. Unfortunately, Titanic is not unsinkable . As a result, majority of passengers are killed in the
shipwreck
Martin Luther King Themes Theses Courage Courage is a crucial factor which helps to overcome difficulties
Detail Martin Luther King faced hundreds of death threats from the time he assumed leadership of Montgomery. However, in stead of being discouraged, he kept moving forward to continue fighting for equality.
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Themes Theses Optimism Optimism can save one from death
Detail Although being lost on a deserted island, Robinson never stopped burning the flames of hope. He always held a strong belief in tomorrow
Fear
Robinson was very scared when he find himself alone on a deserted island. He ran like a madman and slept with a weapon.. But he soon realized that he must overcome his fear in order to survive.
To kill a mocking bird Harper Lee Themes Theses Education Education is the only key to unlocking ignorance
Bravery
Detail The ignorance blinds peoples mind and heart. The whites associate the Negroes with liars, immoral beings and untruthful people. Ignorance is the main cause of these prejudices. Therefore, Atticus thinks education is necessary Atticus shows bravery when he takes Tom Robinsons case despite knowing that the town would turn against him and his children. He also refuses to use gun to protect Tom
Prejudice
from angry farmers and to protect himself after Bob Ewell has threatened him with gun. Racial prejudice is the most prominent theme in to kill a mockingbird. Reference to black men as niggers persists throughout the book. The fact that atticus realizes that he hardly can win Toms case because Toms black clearly indicates a deep-rooted racism
Gone with the wind Margaret Mitchell Themes Theses Detail Survival Survivors are Rhett is the those who can survivor of the get adapted to war and the changes Reconstruction. While people see the war as a disaster, Rhett sees it as an opportunity to make money. He takes advantage of the shortages caused by the war. By the end of the war, he is one of the few rich people left in Atlanta. Love Prejudice could Scarlett fails to blur ones true appreciate love Rhetts feelings for her because she is blinded by her prejudice that Rhett is not a gentle man. Dinh Ha Minh
1)Titanic - James Cameron: Themes Thesis Humanity One person can help another although they do not know each other. Social status In early 20thcentury, the class discrimination existed, status in society, money were more respectable than the humans life Love A beautiful love will be forever, although the lovers do not live with each other.
Details Jack Dawson saved Rose when she was intending to skip out from the ship to kill herself. When the ship was sinking gradually, the aristocracy was taken to the lifeboat first. Moreover, they locked the door to prevent the commoners to go out because they was afraid the commoners would wrest their last chances to live Jack scarified his own life to make Rose live. Much later on, Rose always remembers Jack and all the things that they experienced together.
Details After 84 days without catching any fish at all, on the eightyfifth day, Santiago sets out alone, taking his skiff far into the Gulf. By the noon of that day, a big fish that he sure is a marlin takes his bait. He tries to catch this fish. The dream is After 3days and 2 always nights floating on the beautiful but ocean to catch the the life is very marlin, finally he complicated. catches the marlin and when he pulls it to the shore the marlin left its bone. Human always On the third day of wants to the ordeal, the fish conquer the begins to circle the natural but the skiff indicating his natural is tiredness to the old always harsh man. Santiago now completely worn out and almost in delirium uses all the strength he has left in him to pull the fish onto his side and
3) Who moved my cheese Themes Thesis The The more important important the things in the things are, the life more you keep them in touch.
The life has a If you didnt lot of change, you something might be out. If new. you didnt look for something, you couldnt find the new things.
stab the marlin with a harpoon. Spencer Johnson Details When the store of cheese P has not any pieces of cheese left, Haw and Hem are disappointed and they can not accept this truth. Every day, they come back to the store P and hope that the cheese would come back. After a few days with the disappointment in the store P, Haw decides to go to the labyrinth to find a new store of cheese and he succeeds. About Hem, he still stays in the P store and continues hoping that on a day, those pieces of cheese would come back. The thing that never happens. After finding a new store of cheese, Haw
that you have to discover timely the thing which is useless. Enjoying the Enjoying the changes. process of discovering, studying makes us have a lot of experiences. The way to Try to acknowledge acknowledge one thing. one thing simply and actively.
continues going to the labyrinth and finding out the new places to inspect the things around him After finding a new store, Haw looks at all the things he has experienced and he feels excited.
After recognizing that the store P is empty, Scurry and Sniff go to the labyrinth to find a new store of cheese immediately, with out thinking or considering 4) To kill a mocking bird - Harper Lee. Themes Thesis Details Racial In early 20thAlthough Mr. Atticus, discriminatio century, the a lawyer gives the n racial evidence which discrimination demonstrates that was violent. Tom Robinson is innocent in the raping Mayella Ewell, the jury convicts him because he is black.
Unwritten laws
Courage
Courage is necessity to each person to make his dream come true. Paying compassion to society make you complete yourself.
Compassion
In the courtroom, some social codes are broken. As an example, Mr. Dolphus Raymond has been exiled by society for marrying with a black woman and having interracial children. Although there are criticisms, Mr. Atticus accepts to defend Tom to the best of his ability. He always believes that everybody is equal. Mr. Atticus lessons her daughter that: You never understanding a person until you consider things from his point of view. Scout puts this advice into practice to live with sympathy and understanding toward others. Malot. Details Mrs. Barberin
brought a little boy from roadside to her home. Although she was poor, she fed up the boy, took care of him like a son of her. When Remi was eight, Mr. Baberin sold him to a chief of a troupe. Had to go far from his mother but Remi always remembered her and wanted to earn enough money to buy a cow for Mrs. Baberin as a gift. Animal Animals have On the days that senses as Remi wandered with same as the troupe, he, the human and three dogs: Capi, they are the Dolce, Zerbino and good friends of the monkey Joli human. Coeur were friends to one another. They experienced together the times that they were happy or hungry because they didnt have money to buy foods. Sentiment of People who are At the first time that family. the same flesh Mrs. Milligan met
Remi, she felt close to him. Remi made her remember her first son who had been kidnapped. Finally, the mothers inspiration was right. Remi was the first son of Mrs. Milligan. Music Music has a When Remi, Capi, unique power. Dolce and Joli Coeur were hungry, Remi played music, Capi, Dolce and Joli Coeur danced together and then they felt better. 6) The leper - Helena Mniszek. Themes Thesis Details The class In 19th Waldermar and determinatio century, Stefcia love each n. people other but the appreciated members in the fame, Waldermars family power, position object their marriage and familys because Waldermar status of a is an earl and person than his Waldermars family ability. is an aristocratic descent and Stefcia is a normal girl who was born in a normal family.
Stefcia and Waldermar finally can engage with each other but the aristocrats dont want to succumb. They use every mean ways to destroy the happiness of young people. Stefcia dies to protect her love and makes her love exist forever. Love The love which Waldermar and trains Stefcia together difficulties is a experienced some long-lasting struggles with family, love. sociality and with their selves to protect their love. Although finally Stefcia died, their love is forever. Talent, Talent, Although Stefcia is a intelligence. intelligence girl who was born in and quality of a a normal family but person do not she is very depend on his intelligent, talented or her familys and polite as same situation or his as a high-born or her fame. damsel. 7) Kane and Abel-Jeffrey Archer.
Knowledge
A good life
Toleration
Details Although Abel is a poor person who experienced a lot of difficulties, he always craves to make his life better. After he arrives to the United States, he works hard. Everyday, he works in a restaurant as a waiter and he studies about finance in Columbia University at night. You can not do William Lowell Kane anything was born in a rich without family but he always studying. studies on his best to get enough knowledge to run his familys bank which he inherits. People always After a year living in want to make Poland consulate in their lives Turkey, Abel want to better. have a chance to come back to Poland honorably so he goes to United States and hope to become rich in this country. The life will not If Abel could forgive
Kanes false, they might be friend-the two friends with the same sense of purpose that is making the life better. 8)Ping_Journey to the great ocean - Stuart Avery Gold. Themes Thesis Details Knowledge The amount of Toad the Elder knowledge of always thinks that each person is his pond is the bigest as same as a place in the world drop in the and he is angry when great ocean. Ping says that his pond is not even a drop in the Great Ocean. Courage Be bold Daikon and Hodo,the enough to do two young frogs in what you want. the pond, are bold enough to leave the pond to discover the corlorful world outside. The life The life is a After leaving the place where pond, Daikon and we can do Hodo recognize their what we like real life,where they and complete can make their ourselves. dreams come true. A
place without the dictates of Toad the Elder. Difficulties The difficulties There are some big will not be rocks on the way to difficult if we the Great Ocean that think that we Daikon and Hodo can pass them. have to cross. Sometimes, they feel as tired as they may lack the strength to persevere but with the lessons that Ping give to them, they finally pass their first difficulties in the journey. 9)The way of the Cockroach - Craig hovey: z Thesis Details Liberty Sometimes Joseph is an people keep employee of a theirselves in a bussiness company small place and he is considering with the to change the awful impasses. bussiness result of the month which can make he be dismissed. Challenges The challenges Joseph is asked to are the best find and work with chances to new customers. By discover your this, he find a new
method for his work and then he more interested in his work. Changes the Sometimes you Mr.Moses is a point of view. should chang successful your point of bussinessman but he view about one doesnt show how matter, you successful he is so may find the everybody doesnt better way to pay attention to him. solve it. However, Joseph still talk to him effusively like other customers of his company and this act bring to him a potential customer. 10)Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen: Themes Thesis Details Reputation In the feudal Lydia becomes society, Wickhams lover and womens lives with him reputation is without marriage. the most Her action affects importance. her familys reputation . Prejudice Prejudices The first prejudice of make people Elizabeth about unconscious. Darcy make her has some misunderstandings with Darcy.
ability.
Dependence
In 19th-century, the only purpose of some women in their lives is finding a good man to have a safe place to depend on.
Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeths friend, is 27 years old (in that time, she is seemed to be old). She accepts Collins proposal immediately without of thinking carefully that whether she loves him or not. She only wants to marry Collin to have a man to depend on.
Do Dieu Linh 1. The call of the wild by Jack London: Themes Love between man and animals Theses The love of the master and the dog Details When the master died, Buck, the dog left the farm and was wasted away because of being too upset.
The call of The origin is very Buck, the dog, after striving the original strong. It can to make a living in life, point wake everyone, return to his flock. every living being up. Buck dared to run his life Brave The brave is about alone, among the
always needed.
2. Harry Porter by J.K.Rowling Themes Theses Family love Parent can sacrifice everything for their children Friendship
Brave
Belief
True friends always help you in any The 2 best friends cases always help Harry to fight the evil things. Always needed to oppose He and his friends maliciousness dared to fight against Vol De Most. The belief is honor The director died and asked Harry to take in the valuable
things.
3. Totto-chan: The little girl at the window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi: Passion in studying Its necessary to The director of study better Totto-chan school loves his students very much. Friendship True friends dont care about the She played with the others appearance. disability boy Mothership Mothers always love her children Although, Tottochan is expelled from school, her mother Hearing the other is accepted and also the most pleasure solaced her. thing to do. The director can hear Tottochan told him her stories in 3 hours.
Hearing
4. Bill Gates:
Passion
He loves IT since childhood and he is curious to find out almost everything connected with technology.
Brave
Dare to think and to Left the 2nd year in do Harvard U. , earn his own money. Harvard U. Charity named after his wife : Melinda Gates. The girl and the boy have a deep love. The boy conceded the girl to stay alive All died in a sudden occur.
Good at IT The good people always find the Love the peace and good way. poor people. Doing charity 5. Titanic by Walter Lord: Love Love is deep and strong Sacrifice The sacrifice is always spiritual. Starving for life Starving for life is always true
Those are very important to urge one person Best friends are who we trust.
The queen entrust Amelia to control the country when she is only 16. Lili is the first person whom Amelia told she is a princess.
Friendship
Real love is often found in the normal Michael is her real life. love. Brave is always needed to do the great thing. Dare to control the huge country.
The person who She has the talent has real talent is of singing. always appreciated. Mothers always love her children. Aspiration is always in us Brave is appreciated She loves his children and can sacrifice for them everything. In any cases her aspiration is to sing. She dared to face
Mother love
Aspiration Brave
with her scandals. 8. Cameron Diaz: Brave Accepting Effort and belief Always needed In some cases we need to accept. Belief is very important. Dare to face with scandals Accepting failure in love and business. Having great effort to restart the new life.
9. The little match girl Aspire to live Dreaming Violence in family Society care Always be cruel even to his child.
4 times dream to have many luxurious things she had never had. Her father always hit her.
Unhappiness
The society doesnt care about the The society let the resident little died in the cold at Christmas Eve The unhappiness of the people in the She is unhappy old society because of losing her grandma, mother and has no chance to live the happy and full life.
Details Assol believes that someday Grey,whom she met in dreams,will come to bring her to land that they never know sadness. And itve happened... Patient patient to be Greys patient, assiduous to successful learn how to be a good captain so hes successful. Love Love between dad Longren raises his daughter, between and daughter is so Assol, alone after losing his dad and wonderful beloved wife, lives an indegent daughter life wihtout whines Humanit if someones heart Grey helps assol to make her y desires a miracle,let dream come true: a prince takes help that people see her away with scarlet sails, it. Miracles are although in real hes not a made with our own prince and doesnt have a hands. scarlet sailboat. 10. Pearl Harbor by Walter Lord: Destructive war Many died for no The bomb in reason Hawaii caused the death of many innocent people. Sacrifice for the The residents are country always ready to Many people save their country sacrificed for their fatherland. Lai Thu Thao *Subject: The Scarlet sails (Alexander Grin)
Themes Hope
*pride and prejudice the way of Dont judge judging people someone when we arent in the know about him/her Disparagem disparaging someone will ent make him/her hurt and hate ourselves poor or rich Love that isn't challenge of love Life everything can happen
Elizabeth thought that Darcy was a arrogant people. But when she has more touches with him, she knows that Darcy isnt so. As Dar disparages Elizs family condition, she swears not to get married with Dar Although Dar is a aristocracy and Elizs just a country girl, they still come to each other At first, Eliz refuses Dars proposal as his pride but a long time later, they love actually and get married
*Gone with the wind Love Dont believe in illusive loves; true loves, which somtimes we dont realize, exist around us.
She realizes that she never really loved Ashley. She had been attracted to Ashley because he represented the unattainable. Whom she really loves is Rhett. He is always beside Scarlett whenever she needs and help her, with impressed
sympathy War War devides War kills 2 Scarletts husband, and people, causes devide the country into 2 opposite losses and sadness party,.. Paterna paternal love is very Thanks to Bonie, Rhett become a l love sacred, it can good father: not drinking alcohol, change a father not arriving late. He wants her daughter to be pround of him Love dont get married Scarlett gets married with whom with whom we she doesnt love so she doesnt dont love have any happy Femini Dont think little of Scarlett raises her family and build sm women, they can do her enormous property,... extraordinary things *sense and sensibility sense dont live with too and much sense or too sensibil much sensibility. ity Love Let loyal to one love or youll get nothing Social Love is ruled by status economy and in grade th18 century Mothers just wants her daughter to get marriage with a rich husband Profligacy of As sense, Elinor nearly loses her love; as sensibility, Marianne nearly has a bad husband Wiloughby fools many girls so he doesnt get true love Ferrars loves Elinor. But his mother, a wealthy widow, wants her son to make a career for himself and to marry a woman of high rank or great estate. Mrs. Daswood doesnt teach her daughters about love and marriage, and thinks that a girl just needs beauty Because of not working too
Landowner grade
much, they oftens organises wasteful parties Love between Valdermar and Xtefchia is forbidden by Valdermars family an aristocracy Although Xtefchia is a cultivated women but Valdermars family think little of her Living in upper society but Xtefchia is still revealed her intelligence and incision Valdermar overcomes many difficulties to come with Xtefchia. Remi and his friendship wander to everywhere to earn their living Remis independence helps him more intrepid and mature thanks to Mattia, Remi overcomes many difficulty to find his family in spite of dificulties, Remi tries his best to find family
*The leper Social There is a barrier status between the upper and in the lower classes in early of society. 1900s Women or lower grade arent respected in society Women In spite of being in difficult circumstances, women are still intrepid Love Love overcomes everything
* Nobody's boy Labor Labor is very hard and requires assiduity Independent to be independent to be more mature friendship friendship is wonderful Family sentiment family sentiment is everlasting
* The Count of Monte Cristo Fued Fued is Monte Cristo realizes that fued is nonsense nonsense after revenging thoses who fool him Friends to be vigilant Monte is done harm by his envy with bad friends friends we reap Effect Monte is luckily to get a treasure and what we sow bad friends are punished Envy Envy can although being friend but Montes cause any friend still do harm him bad thing *Hamlet Fight Fued social status success Life is fighting to change the world, repressing felony, unfairness. Fueth causes deaths and losses Hamlets sacrifice kills the felon king.
Fued kills Hamlet, his mother and lover confusedness at the time of Queen gets married transition between feudal period with Kings and capitalism brother,.. As solitary and we wont succeed if we are solitary and lacking vigilance lacking vigilance, Hamlet was defeated by the enemy pitfalls Remeo and Juliett died by forbiddance of family The death of Romeo and Juliet repulses the discord
*Romeo and Juliet Fued Fued just makes sadness and death love can win feud Love and evil
between 2 family Consideration before acting something, As soon as seeing the you should consider death of Juliett, Romeo carefully kills himself but not knowning that its a artificial death social status Life and death is Tybalt( Julietts brother) belittled in capitalism kills Mercutio society (Romeos friend); Romeo kills Tybalt, Paris (Julietts fiance) with blind reasons *The hunchblack of Notre Dame Archdeacon, Claude Frollo, Social status Abuse of contemporary loves, captures and kills religion Esmeralda irrationally Love Love doesnt Although Quasimodos depend on apperance is ugly or apperance strange, he and Esmeralda still loves each other. Claude Frollo fells from Consequence Hellkitell be pushished the church bell tower to the ground Loyalty when we are loyal Quasimodo is blind when to someone, we believing in Claude Frollo should consider a bad man that he/she is a good or bad people SOURCE SUMMARIES
L c Giang- SAT38 Subject The Godfather by Mario Puzo Themes Theses Details Corrupti Corruption is Criminal on everywhere. organizations like the Corleone family rule New York city. Sergeant McCluskey is a police officer who doubles as a bodyguard for the drug trafficker Sollozzo. Senator Pat Geary tries to extort money. Family Family is the Although being the most head of a crime important organization, Don thing. Corleone puts his family above all. A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man says Don Corleone to his godson, Johnny Fontane. Treache Treachery is Michael Corleone kills ry hard to be his brother-in-law forgiven. Carlo Rizzi, his fathers close friend Salvatore Tessio and even his own brother
Rage
Fredo for betraying the family. We should Notorious for being always stay irritable, Sonny calm. Rage Corleone was easily only results in lured into the open by bad things. the Barzini family. This lead to his inevitable,brutal death.
Shawshank Redemption Theses Details Anything can Andy Dufresne had be achieved planned to escape with from prison ever since
he was jailed. It took him 19 years to complete the elaborate plan which helped him succeed. Hope We must In one part, Red feels always have hopeless,thinking hope. hell never get out of prison and wouldnt know what to do outside if he really got out. Andy tells him to have hope, as it is the only thing that could help them survive. They both got out of prison in the end. Mistakes Mistakes can Andy Dufresne is have severe sentenced to a life consequences. sentence although he is innocent a mistake made by the police. Institutionaliza Living in one After being released, tion place for too Brooks couldnt adapt long causes to life outside of institutionaliza prison as he had been tion. You cant in prison for too long. get out of the He commits suicide. place.
persistence.
Les Misrables by Victor Hugo In 19thInnocent people are century, turned into beggars France has and criminals. big problems Fantine is with abandoned by her education, aristocratic lover and criminal her reputation is justice, and indelibly soiled by the the fact that she has treatment of an illegitimate child. women. Love and Love and Only by learning to Compassi compassion love others that
on
Orphans
Valjean is able to improve himself.Valjeans love for othersin particular, for Cosetteis what keeps him going in desperate times. Orphans are The orphans Cosette, very Valjean, Fantine, and unfortunate Gavroche are people who unhappy and lonely deserve to be because they are loved and separated from their cared for. parents and have no one to turn to when they most need help.
Details Hitlers propagandas indoctrinated people, influenced Nazi policies, created discrimination against Jewish people. Misery Misery can People in Germany make people were tired of their do dangerous poor quality of life so and even bad they supported things. Hitler, as he promised to make Germany proud again. Awarenes We should Hitler did not s always be suspect that the aware of our Western powers had surroundings cracked his to avoid communication danger. codes until it was too late. War War is never Hitlers war against a good idea. the world resulted in an unavoidable defeat.
Promises
Forrest Gump Theses We should persevere to achieve our goals, no matter how many obstacles stand in our way. We must always keep our promises.
Details Although Forrest had crippled legs, he kept running. His legs were then healed.
Forrest promised Bubba that he would go into the business with him and share profits 50/50. Bubba was later killed. After he died, Forrest shared his profit with Bubbas mother. Upon learning that he was the father of Jenny's son, Forrest accepted him immediately. Forrest took care of his son, reading with him every night and preparing his lunch for school. No one believed that with below-average IQ, Forrest still became a very successful man.
Parent
Life
by Miguel de Details When Don Quixote was defeated by another knight, he returned home saddened but no matter what happened he did not give up. Don Quixote did not have many
possibilities to read but took advantage of everything he could find spending his entire fortune on volumes filled with the adventures of the greatest knights in the world. Difference Dont be Don Quixote went out afraid to be in the world wearing different. something that looked like an armor and riding maybe the funniest-looking horse in history. He ignored everything others said as he had a goal to reach- to be the best knight ever. Innocence Dont forget Don Quixote lived like about your a child seeing things innocence. just the way children do when playing.
Charles Darwin Theses Details Never stop Darwin was questioning. exceptionally curious Be curious. about everything, from the time he was a small child. He made extensive notes on everything he saw. Courage Be At the time Darwin courageous. lived, theories that contradicted doctrine were labeled as blasphemy. Nonetheless, Darwin published his insight despite the consequences. Observati Use the Darwin spent much
on
power of observation. Stop making quick decisions and seeking answers. Integratio Studying is n never enough. Study and use all your knowledge to intergrate your ideas.
of his career observing. It was Darwin's observations that formed the basis of his idea that changed the world. Darwin read widely. He read about geology and economics. The theory of evolution owes its discoveries to Darwins ability to understand and use ideas very far from biology.
Subject
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Themes Theses Details Morality The bad deeds The people who we do in life do betrayed the count not go ended up by paying unpunished with their lives as and the good he cleverly took his ones get revenge on each rewarded. one. His real friends benefitted from his success. Revenge Revenge is not The Count chose to a good spend all of his life solution. It is and money to get better to vengeance, but his forgive. pain still remained after he succeeded.
Subject Indiana Jones Themes Theses Weakness Know your weaknesses and try to conquer them. Loyalty
Details Indiana Joness adventures would have been much easier had he not been afraid of snakes. Be loyal to When Indiana those you love. Jones sneaks alone onto a hostile nazi submarine, its not
Style
Ordinarin ess
to recover the Ark of the Covenant, but to recover the girl he loves. Have your own The whip, hat, and style, opinions, the rest of Indiana and Joness outfit is personality. unique to him. When you see it, you instantly think of him. Although you Indiana Jones was should have just a guy with your own style some knowledge and be unique, and skills that you can also helped him get appear to be what he wanted. ordinary. You dont have to be superhuman to accomplish larger than life tasks.
Friends
If you betray your friends, you hurt everyone around you. Believe in yourself.
Belief
Details Luke Skywalker wants to join the Rebel forces but his parents want him to stay at home. Luke still goes off on a journey to find old Ben. When Luke returns his parents are already dead. Anakins betrayal of the Jedi costs him all of his friends, costs him his wife and drives him into the employ of a villain. Luke Skywalker initially failed to
Mentor
understand the power was within him. Find a mentor Yoda trained the - or a coach - greatest of the Jedi who you can knights including depend on for Luke Skywalker. wise and insightful guidance
Le Hoang Ha 1. Subject: Martin Luther King Themes Theses Achievements Great achievements usually associate with great sacrifice. Details Although beloved by thousand American, receiving the Nobel Prize, becoming a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice, Martin Luther King was assassinated by a sniper at the age of 39
In 1955 while leading The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a political and social protest against city's policy of racial segregation, King was arrested. But didnt give up until his requires were fulfil. Nonviolent acts Nonviolent protest leaded by
King was one of the most effective protests ever. By giving prominent speeches, King amazingly change peoples attitude about discrimination
2. Subject: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Themes Theses Details Change Change is one At the end of the story, Mr. of the most Darcy and Mr. Bingley , two important aristocracy, have came elements of life. When one falls in love, she should follow the voice of her heart. Although Mr. Charles Bingley has came back to Derbyshire to married another women, Jane Bennet always has an inconsolable feelings that Bingley would come back to find her. Sometime When Darcy first met people have to Elizabeth, he has to try to put their pride restrain himself from the aside in order wanting of dancing with to experiment Elizabeth. His pride is too new things great to invite a normal girl for a dance. People Mary Bennet has married Mr. sometime have Collin for a protection. She to satisfy the does not want to be a burden
Love
Pride
Reality
of her family. She has no money, prospective engaged with Mr. Collin is the best way she can do to help her family even though she doesnt love Mr. Collin
3. Subject: The Last Leaf by OHenry Themes Theses Details Believe There can be miracle when you believe Johnsy laid all her hope on the leaf of the ivy vine. She believes that when the last leaf falls of is the time for her to pass away. True art For a whole life, Behrman requires the hasnt acquired any inspiration from achievement. But the last heart picture of the ivy vine leaf was one, extraordinary one. He draw Art has its own The last ivy vine leaf is not communication only a masterpiece of language Behrman but also a way to transfer the belief and hope from an old artist to a younger one.
Art
Art
5 Subject: Trojan War in Odyssey Themes Theses Details Love Man can do unimaginable things for his lover The Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. Surprising play Without a doubt, people of an important Troy bright the Wooden horse role in battle from the beach as a war booty. When midnight come, hundred Greeks Solider ,hidden inside the horse, rush out and occupy the whole city while Trojan were sleeping War Troy was the most beautiful contributed as city at that time. After the the most Greeks occupy the city, they destructive collapsed all the building, factor burned the house, and ruined the stronghold. Nothing left.
Plan
War
Support
Everyone who succeed always has a great supporter There more achievements people get the more modest people is.
Susan B Anthony often read the speeches written by Elizabeth Candy Stanton, her closed friend. Anthony always acknowledged Stanton as the founder of the women's rights movement. Her own achievement lay in her inspiration and perseverance in bringing together vast numbers of people of both sexes around the single goal of the vote. On July 2, 1979, the U.S. Mint honoured her work by issuing the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin.
Modest
7 Subject : Sans famille by Hector Malot Themes Theses Details Determination With a determination, even a child can create a marvelous success Love Nothing can frustrate the Remi spend a very long time wandering around French, England, Sweden to find her real family. He has to face with numerous difficulties on his way. Finally Although Lise is mute but Remi love her with a whole
Friendship
heart, take care of her as she is the most valuable thing of his life. Society make Losing mum and dad when people become Remi was a child. He learn more mature how survive in the society, responsible for his work.. Friendship Remi & Mattia can share everything with each other, they have been through many difficulties side by side. One day, Capor recognize the musical talent in Mattia. He want Mattia to stay with him which probably separate Mattia from Remi and put an end to their friendship. Mattia refused.
8 Subject: Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo Themes Theses Details Sympathy Everyone needs someone to share his life with People should On the verge of death, Esmralda find out that she is not alone. She feel the common in her soul and Quasimodos. It light up the hope of humanism in that time society. Quasimodo has a
Internal or
External
Aspiration
malformation on his back. That is the reason why his mother has left him in front of the church. He grows up in Quasimodo wants to be free from Frollos command. He exposed strongly aspiration to be himself. The love with Esmralda like a precipitate for his desire. Having recognized Esmralda is her daughter. The hidden nun tries to hide her away from Frollo in a basement. Finally, Esmralda was found and hanged on the square. On the top of miserable, the nun holds her daughter in her arms and passed away.
9 Subjects: Animal Farm by George Orwell Themes Social Equality Theses When the social equality lose its balance, a revolution is something predicable Details All animals of the farm have to work very hard to supply their produces. They fell it would be partial for the human. Human dont have to do anything but they have everything. Thus the Old
Power
Major lead the whole farm to a revolution When the pigs hold the highest position which can rule all kind of animal. The find the best way to satisfy themselves
Luyen Dinh Thinh Subject: Theme s Instinc t The lord of the flies Theses Details All the boys firstly try to accommodate with the life in a dessert but when the life get more indigent; they didnt believe in one another and finally they kill
The instinct for survival can help people overcome the obstacles but it may make ones Majorit life become a y tragic
Simon. The opinion of the All the boys consider Educati majority is not an enormous on always right silhouette of a parachute a beast but Children always their thoughts are just need the impulse. War education to Lost in a dessert, all teach them the the boys act just right action and spontaneously and no thwart them from one castigate their the sin. actions. As a result, the outcome seems so Heretofore, the mournful war always has Death , disbelief, always been a dispute and exhaustion disaster and no deserve the result of side in the war is the war the winner. Subject: The Scarlet Letter Theme Theses s Details
Majori The opinion of the In the story, a young ty majority is not woman Hester Prynne always right is suspected of committing adultery. The townspeople decide that she should be punished so she made an outcast and must wear the letter A Love Love makes on her clothes. The people undertake majority did not come many misers just up with the right to protect it. conclusion and Kindn punished an innocent ess woman Sometimes, in order to obtain Shunned by the something, people community, harangued simulate to be by the town fathers , Identit kind. Thus, Hester refuse to y and kindness doesnt identify her childs Societ seem always father y truthful. Chillingworth attaches The past, whether himself to the ailing it is bad or good, minister and provide belongs to our life, his patient with roundhence we must the-clock care, just to accept it. reveal the secret. Although Chillingworth tells her that the town
fathers are considering letting her remove her the letter, she refuses it because the Scarlet letter is a symbol of her own experiences and character .
Subject: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn Themes Theses Details Courag Courage doesnt The majority of e belong to only southerners thinks that heroic self Huck should report Jim, sacrifice, but it one of Miss Watson also becomes the slave. But Huck with a key for everybody strong individual who wants to knows that the slavery Lies avoid many traps is wrong and decides in their quotidian to team up with Jim. routines. Encountering a group Lies function well of men looking for when people escaped slaves, Huck Friends discern when they tells them his father is hip should tell them. on the raft suffering from smallpox.
Acting
Terrified of the disease, the men give Huck money and run away.
When the duke and the dauphin sell Jim to a local farmer, instead Acting lead people of running a way, Huck to a perfect stage finds out where Jim is where they can and resolves to free discover the truth. him. The Phelpses mistake Huck for Tom and Huck goes along with their mistake to hatch a wild plan to free Jim. Subject: Gone with the wind. themes theses Acting Acting has become a part of the life which Character depends on many istic relationships The life determines the characteristic of every body Detail Determined to save Tara, Scarlett betrays her sister and marries Frank to pay taxes on Tara. To the displeasure of Atlanta society, Scarlett becomes a shrewd businessman.
Subject: To kill a Morkingbird themes Theses Details Persona We cant judge lity the personality of someone from the outside and it takes time to understand Educati truthfully on someone The most important lesson is the sympathy and understanding Scout initially finds Boo Radley very weird but finally, she realizes that Boo is very kind to protect wounded Jem. Atticus becomes an excellent teacher of his teaching in sympathetic and understanding approach, however Miss Carolines rigid commitment to the educational techniques makes Scout boring.
In a person , good Atticus recognizes that and bad qualities people have both good live together and bad qualities and he is determined to
Protecting the justice seems very difficult to follow Feeling that Tom Robison is innocent makes Atticus act against the Maycombs racist white community.
Subject: Flowers for Algernon Them Theses Details es Will We cant get By learning day and achievement night, even in the easily and sleep , Charlie Flaw For sure we must becomes surprisingly exert very much intelligent Flaw is not always bad because its a good lesson to learn Charlie decides to carry the research with the reverence to professor because he knows their project has some mistakes.
Subject: The veldt Themes Theses Educati Children need on advices and the emotion from their parents, not the intelligent Techni devices satisfy que their curiousness. Using too many advices make human lazy and stupid Subject: Laws of Motion Themes Theses Relations Everything in this hip world has the same source. Will
Details Too many devices at home, children learn by watching TV, play with them and dont need the care from their parents. The mother cant wash dishes as fast as the machine and even she doesnt want to do it.
Details Nowadays, every physical event derives from the three Laws of Motion, which are the greatest creation of The obstacle does Isaac Newton. not repress the will, instead Lack of sleeps, food reinforce the will. and sentiment, Newton overcomes his difficulty to become one of the greatest physicists.
Subject: Hamlet
Them Theses es Power Death, War, Revenge and hatred altogether originate from only the invisible power.
Details The circle of hatred, revenge and liquidation invite Hamlet, Claudius and Gertrude to the death.
Subject: Curious case of Benjamin Button. Them Theses Details es Coura No obstacles can So disappointed of the ge beat the courage Yales repudiation , of a hero Benjamin wants to escape but he decides to Love Love never has a Go to Harvard limitation between people The appearance of an octogenarian, that makes average people scared and distant, but cant alleviate the
Ngo Nguyen Hoang Lam One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garca Mrquez Themes Theses Details Developm Human always Jos Arcadio Buenda ent interested in was enchanted by the strange, new inventions of the Dithings and desire gan (telescope, ice, to develop. ).So he desired to develop and make use of these inventions. Work Only work makes When Colonel people feel Aureliano Buenda got peaceful and old, he worked in his useful. own small factory and made gold fish. Then he sold them, got coins returned and used those coins to make gold fish. Dictator When one comes After Aureliano to power, then Buenda had become a himself separates general, he separated
himself from the others. He even murdered his comrades to keep his own power and glory. Loneliness People People in Buenda left themselves their old town, and separating from then established their the community own town. They are the beginning married each other in of their their family, and born destruction. degenerate children, the fact which put an end to their family. Love Only love makes The Buenda familys people not lonely, destruction causes sociable, from the family developing and members separating survive. from the community. So, Gabriel Garca Mrquez, through his book about the solitude and doom, hopes people open their heart to the others. Because, that is the only way for them to survive.
Themes Soldiers
Details One day, in a parade of the soldiers, there was an injured soldier. Franti, a brash boy, laughed at that soldier. Professor Perboni saw it and told Franti that laughing a soldier was a coward action. Professor Perboni also said that we needed to respect the soldiers because they sacrificed themselves for our sakes. Disdain Never ever deride Nobis, a child in a the poor the poor or their wealthy family, in an jobs. argument, called one of his classmate is a indigent because of that students fathers job. Nobiss father knew this and required his son to apologise to him. Bravenes With braveness, A squad and its leader s people can were surrounded by the complete their enemies. The leader mission. gave a drum boy in his squad a letter, and ordered this boy to send the letter to a regiment nearby. The
Forgiven ess
boy took the letter, ran pass the field as fast as he could. He still finished his mission even he had been shot by the enemies. Votini was jealous of Crossis successful achievement in studying. The others classmates knew that fact .So they made a paper medal drew a black snake on it and gave it to Votini. But Crossi tore that medal in pieces.
How the Steel Was Tempered Ostrovsky Themes Theses Braveness With braveness and and determina determination, tion people can pass through difficulties
by Nikolai Alexeevich Details When Pavel Korchagin gets old, he gets a lot of diseases, so he has to use a wheelchair. His eyes are blind too. But with determination, he doesnt give up and
Live We have to live meaningfu meaningful; so l we dont need to regret for the times we wasting. And when we die, we can pride of what we done. Patriotism Patriotism is a needed requirement of each people.
still has finished writing his book. Pavel Korchagin devoted his whole life to the revolutionary cause. So, in his last days, he didnt regret for what he done.
Hated the Tsar regime, Pavel Korchagin joined the Red Army to fight against enemies and protect his countrys freedom and development.
White fang by Jack London Themes Theses Hatred Long time of being bullied makes a huge hatred.
Details Lip-lip - The bane of White Fang's existence, Lip-lip is another pup in the Indian village who robs White Fang of any puppyhood by turning all the dogs against him. One time, White Fang met Lip-lip again in a
forest, and then killed him. Love Love can make In one time, White and any species do Fangs beloved master admirati incredible things. Weedon Scott felt down on from a horse and got one leg broken, White Fang ran back home and called Scotts family members for help. Duress The duress can After White Fang was not achieve real stolen by a guy called respect. Beauty Smith, this cruel guy had been chaining, beating and deriding White Fang for a long duration. This fact made White Fang crazy and became more ferocious. Impressi An impression can Judge Scott - Weedon on make people Scott's father, Judge change their Scott does not believe in though. White Fang until after White Fang saves his life from being revenged by a criminal, he then calls the dog the "Blessed Wolf." Paying Being When the other dogs back unreasonable hate White Fang treated badly because his leader guides loneliness position, White Fang
then guty.
became angry and separated from the other dogs. Then he started to kill them.
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer Themes Theses Details Study Studying is really After emigrated to the important for United States, Abel each person to Rosnovskiv still took achieve a good night classes in career and business while working brighten future. in the morning and afternoon. His colleague told him that studying is useless. But he proved the reality to them by getting promotion for knowing much about managing. Reflectio The way you treat Abel Rosnovskiv had n another person is been adopted by a the way he/she woman in a poor family. will treat you. He grew up in love of his ex-mother and sister, but also in indifference of his exfather and brothers. As a result, he was phlegmatic when his ex-
Patriotis m
father died, but cried so much of the death of his sister. William Lowell Kane, a member of the managers of Kane and Cabot bank, who was intelligent and selfconfident, invested his money in an adventuring plan. After two years having got many pressures from other managers, he still believed in his choice. As a result, he made a big profit then. Even William Lowell Kane was a member of one of the most powerful banks that time and Abel Rosnovskiv was the owner of 11 hotels in America, they still volunteered to join the American army to fight against the enemies.
Themes Theses Survive In any situation, people always want to live and will find a way to survive.
Details Robinson Crusoe had faced a storm on the ocean, and then got stuck on a deserted and undiscovered island. But he didnt give up. He found a cave as a home, then started a new life with natural resource on the island. Patience Every things need Robinson Crusoe time to be better. himself made foods, drinks and furnitures. Firstly, they were not too good, but from times to times, their qualities icreased better. For example, Robinson hadnt known how to make cheese, but after a long time practicing, his cheese was better. Commun Every species Being isolated on the ity need fellows. island for such a long time, Robinson was lonely. In one occasion, he saw some cannibals came to his island to kill their prisoners. Then, he wanted to save the prisoners, so he fought
Altruism
with the cannibals and won. He named a prisoner as Friday then started to teach this guy English. For a long time living together, they became friends. Forgiving people Robinson Crusoe and can change them. Friday catch a group of rebelling sailors and released the captain of a ship. But Robinson didnt bright these felons back to England on the way going back to home, he ordered these guys to stay at this island and work. If these felons change, so they wont take the judgement. In the end, these felons were used to the island and didnt want to go back England.
Around the day in Eighty worlds by Julio Cortzar Themes Theses Details Confident With great self- Mr Fogg - a rich
Discipline
Determined ness
businessman was a member of Reform Club. On one day, in the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument about traveling around the world. Then, Fogg made a bet with his clubmates to travel around the world in 80 days. Discipline makes Fogg is known as a an amazing most disciplined exact. person. He had made a schedule of things to do in one day, and then exactly followed it. With that incredible discipline, he finished traveling around the world in 79 days. Determining to Once in New York, do a thing to the Fogg started looking end causes for an alternative for colorful success. the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. He found a small steamboat, destined for Bordeaux. However, the captain of the boat refused to
Love
Unsound customs
take the company, but Fogg bought the boat at a very high price from the captain, soothing him thereby, and have the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam. That fact made him able to complete the traveling. Fogg had missed the train and returned to London five minutes late, assured that he has lost the wager. He apologised to Aouda for bringing her with him, since he now has to live in poverty and cannot financially support her. Aouda suddenly confessed that she loved him and asked him to marry her, which he gladly accepted During the traveling, Fogg came across a suttee procession, in which a young Parsi
woman, Aouda, is led to a sanctuary to be sacrificed by the process of sati the next day by Brahmins because this woman had to die with her dead husband.
The Old Man and the Sea by Themes Theses Patience Patience leads to success
Brave
Ernest Hemingway Details The Old Man, Santiago hold the rope which attached to a big fish, and had followed the fish for 2 days without taking any rest. Finally, the fish died, so Santiago could catch it. When the big fish which Santiago hardly caught was dead, its blood was rampant. So the sharks came. In protection of his fish, Santiago hit the sharks with the harpoon, thus causing him a lot of injuries.
Personal The main triumph meaning of the life is achieving the personal triumph.
For 84 days, the old man, Santiago has not caught any fish. So, on the 85th day, he set out to the deep recesses of the sea to catch his big fish. And he really found it, the big fish. After 2 days having struggled with it, he caught the fish. Even the sharks came and ate his fish until nothing left, he still maintained his dignity because it was the biggest fish that the town had ever seen. After 2 days and 3 nights having struggled with the big fish and the sharks, in the face of outer failure, Santiago felt utterly. But he knew that he is not a beaten man because he had done things as he might.
Tetsuko Theses Things we work to achieve are feeling better that things we are given.
The free
Details At Tomoe Gakuen, Principal Kobayashi organizes a sport competition for all students in school. And, the prizes just are vegetables. He says that the food which children achieve will be tasted better. And its true then. Free education is At Tomoe Gakuen, the better for teachers teach children to students by a new develop. way at that time. They write lessons and exercises of all subjects in one day on the board. The students can start form any subject that they like, and during the lesson, students can come and ask the teacher for solution for the problems they have. Afterwards, many students from Tomoe Gakuen school have excellent careers.
Responsibil People must ity have responsibility for what they did.
Love
War
One time, Totto-chan dropped her purse down to the drain in school. She regretted for it so much that she used a stick to take her purse back. After a while, she made a mess there. Principal Kobayashi went across and saw the mess. But he didnt punish Tottochan, he just said that after she done, she had to clean the mess. One day, the school is bombed, Principal Kobayashi just stand silently watching the fire were burning his school. Then he asked his son standing by that what kind of school he should rebuilt. In World War II, Tomoe Gakuen school was destroyed. It was never rebuilt even though the headmaster claimed that he looked forward to building an even
The call of the wild by Jack London Themes Theses Details Freedom Every species Buck was a home dog nature is and he had lived with freedom. human for years. When he was brought to North Pole, after duration, He recovered the instincts of his wild ancestors so he left his master and join the wild wolves. Difficulti Difficulties in life Buck was a home dog es are the best way which had lived in to grow-up. luxury. When he came to North Pole. He recovered the instincts of his wild ancestors: he learned to fight, scavenged for food, and slept beneath the snow on winter nights. Love Love can lead to With love to the beloved incredible things. master- John Thornton, Buck swam upstream a large river to rescue his master who got stuck in
Foolish
the middle of the river. Hall, Bucks new master was an inexperienced man. After having taken a rest at Thorntons place, he and his friends kept on traveling. Thornton warn them that the ice over which they were traveling was melting and that they might fall through it. Hal dismissed these warnings and tried to get going immediately. But before they had gone a quarter of a mile, the ice broke open, swallowing both the humans and the dogs.
Nguyen Dieu Huong Subject 1: If you were not a dream by Marc Levy Themes Love Theses Love has its own power regardless money, honor and even the death. Details Arthur was willing to do many things for Lauren although she was a ghost with her body in hospital
Friendship A good friend could do many things for his friends Instinct for although he survival didnt know what his friend was doing.
because a simple trust: he loved her. Paul couldnt see Lauren and he dont believe in her story very much. But, because of Arthur, he sacrificed his safe to help Lauren. Although Lauren was swooning, she thirsted to live. She tried her best to over come the death. She became a ghost and she was very difficult to admit the trust that: she was coming to the death.
Sacrifice
Arthurs mother People can sacrificed all her sacrifice for life for Arthur. She the one who gave up her love, they love. her youth because she wanted to gave him the best
childhood. Subject 2: The last leaf by OHenry Themes Sacrifice Theses For the life of the person who we love, we can sacrifice many things although some of them are very for important. Details To make Johnsy believe in her life, Behnman was willing to spend all night in storm to draw a leaf. He hoped that, with drawn leaf, Johnsy was become stronger to fight to pneumonia. Behnman spent all his life making an art which exists forever. But he didnt know that: the leaf the last art of his life, is the true art because he made it by all of his love for Johnsy.
Love art
Belief life
The true artist always tries his best to make an art in which exists forever.
At first, Johnsy thought she would If we have the die when the last belief in life, leaf falls. But when we can she thought the
Friendship
overcome all drawn leaf of difficulties. Behnman was a true leaf, she became stronger, and wanted to live, longer and longer. Sue tried her best A good friend to care for Johnsy. could do She also raised many things Johnsys spirit up. for her friends
The
Thorn
Birds
by
Colleen
Loss
Details Meggie and Rafph had a wonderful love but sad. They had to suffer many paints because of this love.
Great achievements The Thorn bird was require great a strange bird. It loss. was the bird who sings only one time in its life. It would sing when it found a tree which had acute thorns. Then, it plunged
Regulars
into the tree and died. Its sing was beautiful than this of any other birds. It sang the first and the last in the Some of both moment when it regulars and went to the death. bias in life can make people misery. Because of regulars of Catholicism that: Priest wasnt allowed to get married, Rafph couldnt come to a marriage with Meggie. So both of them were misery all of their life.
Subject 4: Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell Themes Love Theses People usually have to experiment many difficulties until they find who is the Details In this story, the principal character _ Scarlet OHara spent almost her life to realize that: the man, who loved her for a
Courage
War
of long time was the true love of her life. Before that, she had rejected his love for many times, which made him very misery and the love for her was coming to the death. At the end of story, when she realized that she loved him, he decided to leave With courage, her alone and we can come back to his overcome all village. difficulties in our life. Scarlet OHara experimented many difficulties in her life. She was a powerful woman, who was famous In war, all of for this say: After people are all, tomorrow is victims. another day! Because of war, many people died, many people became homeless, and many people
only also
Subject 5: P.S: I love you by Cecelia Ahern Themes Love Details Gerry and Holly had a beautiful love until the death of Gerry. After Gerrys death, Holly became hopeless and she wanted to come to death with Gerry. But Gerry had left Holly a series of letters designed to help her face the year Belief in ahead and carried life on with her life. Belief in life These letters can make us helped Holly very overcome all much. difficulties in our life. With the belief in life, which Gerry had given to Holly, Optimistic she found a new job, took a holiday Even though, to Spain with her Theses True love can exists forever, after even the death.
we think that we have no reason to exist, we must know that: we must live for the ones who we love.
girlfriends, and sorted through her beloved husband's belongings. With the letters of Gerry, holly had found the reasons for which she must, day by day, lived better. Juliet by William
and
Feud
Details Being opposed by both family, love of Romeo and Juliet had a mournful end. When Juliet was forced to get married with Paris, with the help of Laurence, she took a hypnotic so that she would have a sleep as she had died for 24 hours. In this time, Romeo would be announced that: she was still alive.
Forgive
But unfortunately, Romeo thought that: Juliet died. He came to the death as soon as he saw the Juliets body. When Juliet woke up, realized that: Romeo had died, she committed suicide by a knife. Because of the feud between Montagues and Capulets, the love of Romeo and Juliet was opposed. And at the end of story, both of them were death. After the death of Romeo and Juliet, two familiesMontagues and Capulets forgave all animosity in the past. It was too late for the life of Romeo and Juliet, but it was not too late for any couple
of two families.
Subject 7: Price and Prejudice by Jane Austen Themes Class distinction Theses Because of class distinction, many people can find the true love of their life. Details In this story, Fitzwilliam Darcy was in high society, Elizabeth Bennet was in low society so at first. Because of prejudice, at first, they dont like each other. They dont think another Time can help was who they had us realize the to love. truth At first, Elizabeth though that Darcy was a bad man, But by the time, she day by day found that: behind a cold face, there was a hot heard.
Patience
Themes Theses Love for Only by love, Animals we can win the animals even the most ferocious.
Difficulties
Details This story is about a dog, at first he is a house dog. But when many people went to the North Pole to find gold, this dog went with them. With the call of Wild, he became more and more ferocious. Only one person can convert the dog, its John. Because he loved the dog with a hot heard and treated the dog as his friend. In such cold weather in North pole, people must do everything they can do to survive, even its inhuman. Its also in the wild. They must do their friend harm to get advantage for themselves.
Nguyen Viet Huong Sans Famille ( Without Home)- Hector Malot Themes Money desire Thesis People can do anything because of money Detail - Jerome Barberin who works in Paris as a mason offers to take care of an baby boy because the boy wears very fine clothes, so apparently his parents are rich. Jerome hopes to get a good reward. - James Milligan, who is Mrs. Milligans brother in law, abandoned Remi outside and hopes that Authur Remis brother- will die, so that he will inherit the fortune of his late brother. - When an incident in the mine happens to Remi, Mattia who used to be in a padrone s house but made friend with Remi after the padrone had been taken to prison has still waited for
Friendshi p
Maturity
remii until he is saved. Mattia says he never believed that Remi could be dead. Then, Although Mr. Espinossous a musician- tries to convince Mattia to stay and learn, he never wants to leave Remi. - After leaving from Acquins family, Remi makes friend with Mattia. Thus, Remis troupe consists now of two twelve-yearolds and a dog. They have to feed themselves by giving musical and stage performances. Them Remi gets a work in a mine where is very dangerous. - Remi wants to thank Barberins nurture. Therefore, 2 boys saved their money and buy a cow as a present. To make sure that they will not buy a bad cow, they ask a
People help one another but they sometimes have to pay a price as their life
vet for help. - Vitalis, an old man who determined to bring up Remi when he was forced to leave Barberins house, intends to stay one night in a house of Garofoli a padrone- and to let Remi stay there. But when he sess how the boys are flogged, he is angry and decides to leave with Remi without returning. But this act of love costs Vitalis his life. That night, unable to find a place to stay, Vitalis collapses in the snowstorm under a fence. - Remi has to work in a mine with bad condition. One day, the mine is floated, probably by the river which flows overhead. Seven miners, including Uncle Gaspard and Remi, find shelter, but are
trapped. This incident shows the terrible stae of child labor in 19th century France. William Henry Bill Gates III ( 28/10/1955) Themes Thesis Opportuni Taking a risk ty is the best way to have success Detail When Studying in Harvard University, Bill decided to take a leave of absence from Harvard to work with Allen at MITS in Albuquerque in November 1975. Then, he never returned to Harvard to complete his study. And now, he is one of the richest men in the world. Money To be richer, One day, he drove to a you have to building to have a learn how to meeting but the price of save money car parking there is too expensive. Therefore, he decided to drive his car to a park far from building with a cheaper price. Appearanc Dont For the first meeting with e estimate Bill Gates, IBM someone maladjusted the talent of through Bill. He looked as a
their adolescent with thin appearance. body and a Roman hair style. Basically, nobody thought that he had been a business man. But he made a history. Lance Edward Armstrong. Themes Thesis Value of overcomin g adversitie s Detail In the past seven years, Armstrong has overcome a battle with cancer to win an unprecedented 7 straight championships at the Tour de France. Armstrong is an exceptional athlete, and accomplishes an astonishing feat that his illness should not eclipse. In fact, he was stricken by a very treatable form of cancer. A successful In 1997, Armstrong person is founded the Lance who can Armstrong Foundation, share his which supports people success to affected by cancer. others.
Love
Abraham Lincoln
Thesis Estimate ones success by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.
Detail Abraham Lincoln was a poor boy from a poor family. He made extraordinary efforts to gain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He spent 8 years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years, as well. In 1858, Lincoln ran against Dtephen A.Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but the famous Lincoln- Douglas debates helped him to gain a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in 1860 and eventually the Presidency of the United States.
The secret garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett Themes Change Thesis Changing environment can change Detail Mary Lennox is a sickly, sour-faced little girl born in India to wealthy British
life of people
Recovery
Magic
Thoughts
parents, who leave her in the care of an ayah from birth. After the death of her parents, she is sent back to England to her fathers brother-in-laws house. There, she finds her new interests and activities, so Mary herself begins to blossom, losing her sickly look and unpleasant manner. Taking Colin, a son of Marys activities uncle, was a bedridden helps people boy. After making friend become with Mary, Colin resolves better to walk and run like a normal boy. The reason is that Mary persuaded Colin to come to her secret garden everyday. They play game and grow plants Magic is in When Mary found the everything garden, it looked quite dead. But with the great endeavor of Mary and Dickon, the garden revives and flourishes, which is just like a magic. And this kind of force made Collin well, too. Thoughts Once Mary and Collin are
are as powerful as electric batteries, as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison.
thinking of the garden and nature, of Dickon and of their own blossoming friendship, they can no longer concern themselves with their own contrariness or with fear of becoming a hunchback and dying an early death.
Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare Themes Love Thesis With love, nothing is impossible Detail Romeo and Juliet have an intense love that overcomes the hostile between 2 families Montague and Capulet. Hostile At the end of tragedy, impedes Romeo and Juliet both love died as a result of the long rivalry between the two families. Should think When Juliet drank a carefully deathlike potion, Romeo before believed that Juliet was acting truly dead and drank poison and dead beside her. When Juliet awoke, she found Romeos body and stabbed herself with his dagger.
Hostile
Careful thinking
Hachiko: A dogs story Themes Loyalty Thesis Animals can have emotions like human can Detail After the professor, Hachikos owner, dies while away from home, the dog keeps vigil waiting for his master for nearly a decade. Even Hachiko, this very special animals can friend would accompany love his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. He never wanted to believe in the death of the professor.
Love
The last leaf OHenry Themes Thesis Friendship A friend in need is a friend indeed. Sacrifice Sacrifice makes magic Detail When Johnsy has a disease, Sue, Johnsys roommate, has to do some jobs to earn money to cure Johnsy. Mr. Behrman, who is an old man living in the same house with Johnsy, determined to draw a leaf in the wall opposite
Hope
of Johnsy wall to increase her belief in life. As the result, Behman died after that night and Johnsy recovered her health. Looking at the last leaf, Johnsy realizes her hope for life and has an optimistic behavior. That leads to an outstanding change of her disease and gives her chance to live
The Sliver Sword Ian Serraillier Themes Mature Thesis Adversities motive children to be precocious Detail 3 Polish children ( Ruth, Edek, Bronia) lose their parent because of the war. Although they are very young, they have to earn money to survive. Moreover, they still help other lost children with the education and nurture of Ruth- A thirteen-year-old girl. The Second World War separated Polish family into parts, including
War
history. Love
Ruths family, made a lot of refugees who are children. Love of - Joseph Balicki has to family is the try his best to escape most sacred from Nazis prison to thing. find his family. - 3 children decide to walk from Poland to Switzerland to find their parent.
Hercules Themes Thesis Endeavour Nothing is completely impossible Deception Beware of liar Detail Although Eurystheus twelve tasks were very difficult and dangerous but Hercules still complete it successfully The dying centaur Nessus told Deianira to take some of his blood which was soiled by Hydras blood. This powerful love charm caused a horrible death to Hercules Hercules was remembered for his great twelve-labors. He was worshiped by the Greeks as both a god and
Respect
a mortal hero. Nguyen Xuan Hoa Subject Austen Themes Pride and Prejudi ce Social status Pride and Prejudice by Jane Theses Pride is the barrier that prevents people from achieving happiness in life, so does prejudice Social status is an important part of 19th Century English society Love can overcome difficulties Detail Mr. Darcy s pride in his position in society makes him to be loathed by the Bennets. Mrs.Bennet is trying to improve her familys social standing by finding wealthy men to marry her daughter. Both Darcy and Elizabeth get through their pride and prejudice to have a happy ending. The Bennets daughter is going to be poor after Mr. Bennets death. Charlotte Lucas married Mr.Collins because she needs
Love
to gain financial sercurity. Subject Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Theme Theses Detail s Money Money rules the After the society. Mr.Dashwoods death, Elinor and Marianne are not respected anymore because of lacking money. And they can not have prospects for marriage. Women s standin g Women have to depend on men instead of deciding her own. Elinor and Marianne can not inherit because they are women. Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters have to move out their house. Using her sense to ponder, Elinor can make everything under control. But because of her
Sense
Love
Love is blind.
sense, she loses chance to reach her happiness. Marianne loves Willoughby crazily despite of her sisters advice.
Subject Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront Theme Theses Detail s Love Love is eternal. Heathcliff still loves Cathy even though she married Edgar Linton. After Cathys death, Healthcliff becomes obsessed with the memory of her. He begs her spirit remain on Earth. Class Class distinction The higher class, is one of the the Lintons, scorn
Evil
most sensitive topics in 18th, 19th century. Each person has evil which is latent and breaks out anytime.
the lower class, Healthcliff and his kind. The marriage of Cathy to Edgar makes the evil inside Healthciff explode. He revenges all who wronged him. His desire is so strong that it overcomes his love.
To kill a mockingbird by Harper Theses Detail Good and Evil are The innocent such coexisting. as Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are not prepared to encounter the evil. As a result, they are destroyed. There is always The Ewells falls at lack of equality in the bottom in social society. hierarchy, while the Finch falls high up. And the hierarchy only includes white people.
Social Inequality
Racism
Despite of his innocent, Tom Robinson is convicted because he is black and his accuser is white. Atticus is attacked because he defends the black. Mockingbir The mockingbird Its a sin to kill a ds is the symbol of mockingbird. true goodness Mockingbirds can and innocence. never do anyone any harm. All they do is sing beautifully and live peacefully.
Subject Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorneathaniel Hawthorne Themes Theses Detail Guilt Guilt is not Hester commits acceptable in old adultery with society, Dimmesdale. As a
result, she must wear a red badge of shame, identifying her an adulteress and making her an outcast in her community. She also endures the glare of scornful eyes. Redempti Redemption is Dimmesdale lives on the best a coward life as he medicine to ease keeps secret about the pain, the his sin. After all, he worry. confesses his sin, reveals the scarlet letter on his chest, and dies. Good .Good exists Hester's adultery from Evil everywhere, results in the birth even from evil. of her daughter, Pearl. Though unruly and wild when growing up, Pearl is a little gem that gives off a bright light at a time of darkness. Revenge . The idea of . Roger revenge can Chillingworth is not destroy ones a bad person. But mind. his desire for revenge turns him
especially in Puritanism.
into a devil figure. Subject Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Themes Theses Detail Hypocri People merely Anna is criticized sy make themselves because of her into hypocrites revealed affair even when they judge though many someone else. people in Russian society who complain about her conduct extramarital affairs. Family Family plays an To keep family important role in intact, the egoist Russian19thKarenin forgives century society. Anna despite her betrayal. He doesnt want his family turned to a rumor. Jealous Jealousy can Anna's y affect the relationship with success of the Vronsky is relationship. destroyed by her all-consuming jealousy.
Subject Emma by Jane Austen Themes Theses Detail Marriage Marrige can Mr. Westons first improve social marriage to Miss status. Churchill had been a good move for him, because she came from a wealthy and wellconnected family (Mr. Weston is a tradesman), but the inequality of the relationship caused hardship to both. His second marriage to Mrs. Weston is happier because their social statuses are more equalMrs. Weston is a governess. Social In 19th-century Emma tries to status England, status is match Mr. Elton related closely to with Harriet whom marriage. she believes to have noble blood. But when she knows that Harriet is the daughter of a tradesman, she
thinks Mr. Martin, a farmer, is more appropriate for her friend. Imaginat .People Emma mistakes ion sometimes good Mr. Elton's behavior at imagining as he loves Harriet. which are always Meanwhile, Emmas wrong. behavior is considered as encouragement by Mr. Elton.
Subject The old man in the sea by Ernest Hemingway Themes Theses Detail Bravery To gain the goal, Although there are people must lots of dangers, overcome their Santiago is willing fears. to face up with them. He gets through the difficulties in order to reach his dream. Man Despite his Santiago goes to and smallness, man sea on his small natural is trying to boat alone. He world conquer the considers nature as nature. his friends, his
Respect
relatives. Santiago feels respect for his opponent, the marlin. As a skilled fish man, he thinks the marlin is very strong and brave. . When Santiago caught the marlin, he isnt interested in it anymore. He is dreaming of the lion in Africa, his new desire.
Subject The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis Themes Theses Detail Faith People can do Peter and Susan anything when dont believe in they believe. Lucys story about Narnia, so they cant go to Narnia through wardrobe. But when they have a faith in this land, they are in Narnia. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy have faiths in Aslan to defeat the White Witch.
Courage
Forgiven ess
Peter exhibits his valor by killing the grey wolf to protect everyone. In the battle, Edmund also shows his courage by smashing White Witchs wand. Forgiveness for When Edmund is past mistakes is rescued from the way that certain death at the relationships heal hand of the White and strengthen. Witch, Edmund is forgiven by Aslan, as well as his brother and sisters, all of whom agree that the past is the past. And then they are altogether to defeat the White Witch.
Subject Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Themes Theses Detail Friends A good friendship Harry, Ron and hip is the one that it Hermione always overcomes face up with challenges and difficulties together. difficult tasks. With Ron and Hermiones helps,
Love
Death
Harry can get through the challenges to keep Voldemort from finding the Sorcerer's Stone. Friendship makes Harry different from Voldemort. Love is powerful. The love of his mother gives Harry ability to survive Voldemorts killing curse. By sacrificing her own life, Lily gave Harry a protection that protected him form the curse and destroyed the dark wizard. Death is not Professor fearful. Death is Dumbledore is a part of the willing to die by natural cycle of Snapes curse. It is life. his plan that Voldemort will believe Snapes loyalty.
Subject The gift of the magi Themes Theses Happin Everyone has a ess right to be happy even without having much of money Love Love is thinking of each others happiness more than the own happiness. Social The poor are not cared by everybody
O Henry Details Jim always smiles because he is happy in his apartment with his wife-Della in spite of the fact that theyre very poor. Della cut her beautiful hair to save money for Jims Christmas gift- gold chain for his watch. Jim sold his watch, which is the special gift from his father, to buy Della two expensive combs. New York with its tall buildings,expensive stores and rich people, but how many peopleve known about the little people who live in small,dark apartment???
Little Women
Theses Details The war separated The father of many families Meg,Jo,Beth and Amy had joined the army and lived far away Benevole from his family for a nce The kind-hearted very long time. people always share the things Although Meg,Jo,Beth they have with the and Amy are poor people who need and didnt have it. Christmas gift,they decided to give their lunch to the piteous women with her six Happines childs as Christmas s gifts. Laurentzs Happiness is grandfather prepared giving without a special meal for receiving. Marchs family at Christmas eve. After bringing the surprised happiness to the piteous family,Meg,Jo,Beth and Amy thought that they re the most happy children
in the world.
Love Story Theses The distance between the rich and the poor prevents people from having a true love.
Erich Segal Details Oliver Barret III didnt allow his son to love Jennifer Cavilleri because she is just a daughter of a baker.
Love
Jennifer gave up her People can give up scholarship to everything for married Oliver Barret love. IV Oliver gave up his rich life and his auspicious Love means never future,which his having to say father prepare for youre sorry him, to live with
Jennifer. Despite many difficulties in their life,Jennifer and Oliver have never regretted about their love. subject 95 Pounds of Hope Themes Theses Believe People who is believed can have a chance to be better. Anna Gavalda
Ablity
Hope
Details When everybody thinks Gregory is a bad boy because he has been rejected from schools for several times,his grandfather-Leon is the only one who believe him and support him all the time;this fact is the The ability of reason why Gregory people is try to start his new measured not only life at Grandchamps by grades or school. degrees but also by many other Gregory hates school things but he can make many useful Hope can be a things.However,nobo strong motivation. dy but Leon can realize it.
Because of hoping that: if Gregory can reach the top of the column in exercise lesson,which has been impossible for him up to now,his grandfatherll recover from the illness,he had been tried very hard and then succeed difficultly.
William Shakespeare Details The deeply animosity between the Capulet and the Mountague led to the death of Romeo and Julliet.
Love
People can give up their life for the Thought that Julliet one who they has died,Romeo really love. drank the poison because he doesnt want to live without Julliet. Seeing the death of Love can change Romeo,Julliet killed
everything
herself to follow her lover. After the tragic love of Romeo and Julliet,both the Capulet and the Mountague havent been hostile towards each others anymore.
Nobodys boy Theses In spite of having many difficulties in the life,people always want to keep their selfrespect.
Herto Malot Details Mr Vitalis always taught Remi how to be a good person no matter how difficult circumstances which they met. Remi was very dissapointed when he had known that each members in his family was a thief. Mrs Barberin love Remi,the boy whom
Altruis m
People can treat the one who re not their relatives like a members of
her husband had found in the way to work,as her real child. Remi had lived with People should Mr Vitalis, Pierre remember the nice Acquins family things which the Theyre not his real others had done family but they for him. actually love him. Even though Remi had known that Mrs Barberins not his mother,he always love her and he tried to save money to buy a cow for her.
Details Elizabeth thought that Darcy is a arrogant man so she decided to refuse his proposal. The prejudice of Magnanim Elizabeth about ous Darcy is deeper Only when people and deeper day by treat each others day so that she with their couldnt realize
Pride and Prejudice Theses Prejudice make people midunderstand each others.
Jane Austen
that Darcy really loves her. After knowing more about Darcy, Elizabeth realized that Darcy is a generous man and she decided to marry him.
Titanic Theses The distance between the rich and the poor prevent people from finding their true love.
Shannon OCork Details The beautiful love between Jack and Rose couldnt be admitted because Jack is just a poor man while Rose belongs to a rich family. Rose had found her true love with Jack although he is a poor painter. When Rose was an old woman,she could still remember clearly the memory
Sacrific Love can eliminate e any boundaries include class distinction or time People can give up their life for the
about Jack and their love. Jack gave up his life to save Rose.
Eric Roth Details Jenny is an intelligent woman but she fell in love Perseverance helps with Forrest,who has people to win the a mental problem. illness. Since Forrest was born,he hadnt been able to use his The unfair attitudes leg.But with Jennys of many people to advices and his the one who has a perseverance,he mental problem finally won his illness and could run faster than any other people. Forrest was always beaten cruely by his friends. The Cactus Theses A mendacious people ll lose some valuable things in his life. OHenry Details Trysdale pretended that he knew Spanish and his girlfriend always
trusted him. When Trysdale made a marriage proposal,her girlfriend didnt answered him but gave him a cactus. Trysdale felt very angry because his girlfriend didnt answer him so after that they broke up.After years,he found that a name of the cactus which she d given him is Ventomarme,in Spanish it means Come and take me Vu Thanh Mai Themes Theses Details Subject : A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Money Money makes Scrooge is rich, you rich, not but he is always happy alone Help A little help even Scoorge gives can change a life Bob Cratchit more salaries and saves Bobs son life
Happiness
Scoorge feels happy when he joys the party with the family Cognition Never too late to Scoorge realizes realize and fix his the problem misconception and makes amends for it Subject : Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Change A person can Jean Valjean has change from bad changed from a to good prisoner to a governor Respect Never ignore a The bishop Myriel person because respects Jean he was in a bad Valjean even situation Valjean was a prisoner Care A mother will do Fantine sells her anything for her hair and her child teeth to get money for her daughter Trust Trust in good Cosette trust in people Jean Valjean and loves him like a father Subject : The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall Work Work will be Jason has to dig easier when you holes for a month like it , but he enjoys
his work Money Money can be Jason gives used in a good $1500 to five way people who really need money Friendship Friendship is Halminton gives invaluable Red his kidney to save Red life Love Love is pure only Jason loves his when you can uncle for those really feel it lessons that the uncle gives to him Subject : Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Power People fight for The Capulet and their power the Montague fight each other to wrest the power Love Love can comes Romeo marries over everything Juliet eventhrough the two families hate each other Sacrifice A person can die Romeo kills for his love himself when he knows that Juliet was died Loss Compromise The Capulet and may requires the Montague
loss
just reconcile to each other when Romeo and Juliet were died Ram has to face a lot of dangers when he lives in a poor and troublous village in India Orphaned as a child , Ram has to do a lot of works by himself to get money Ram has a lucky coin, and he always believe in his decision Having live in a hard life for years, Ram has a great knowledge and experience so that he can answer all the questions in the game show by Guy de
Subject : Q&A by Vikas Swarup Safety There is no safety in a poor suburban area
Courage
A person has to be courage if he wants to live Luckiness depends on ones resolution Great knowledge not only comes from books , it also comes from your own experience from life
Luckiness
Knowledge
Subject : The Diamond Necklace Maupasant Social class In 19th century, Mathilde is
your life depends beautiful, but she on your class isnt happy because she is in a social class Cupidity A person always Mathilde has a wants more what maid and normal he has clothes, but she wants to get ten maids and expensive clothes Love Love is may blind Mathildes husband gives her lots of money cause he wants to make Mathilde happy Consequence The cupidity Mathilde has to brings the bad do hard work to result pay for her debt Subject : Coco Chanel a fashion designer Social status In 19th century in Coco Chanel has France, ones life a gloomy depends on childhood breeding because she doesnt have a good breeding Courage Always follow In the World War your work I , Coco Chanel continues bring out her fashion style
Chance
Spread out at the right time , Chanels style becomes the pioneer of the fashion style in 20th century Subject: Diana Frances Spenser queen of England Social position Good social Living in a good position doesnt social position, mean happiness Diana still has a gloomy childhood Charitableness Charitable work Diana has done a can comes from lot of charitable anyone works in her life Optimization Always be After broke up optimistic with prince Charles, Diana tries to get a better life by herself Subject: Finding Nemo - directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich Family sentiment Always care and Marlin has came love you most over a lot of are your familys dangers to save members his son Friendship A true friend will Dory becomes help you a lot Marlins friend in the itinerary
Trust
Finally , Marlin has to believe in Nemo that his son can save the fish Subject: Wall E directed by Andrew Stanton Save The environment In the 23th environment will be destroyed century, the if people dont earth is full of save it litters Dependency Peoples life People in the depend on many Axiom ship live things depend on machine, as a result, they become lazier and fatter Love Love is cute and Wall E loves Eve sweet at its first sight. Wall E goes into the space just to follow Eve Tran Thi Cam Dung SAT Examples I, Where are you? Author: Marc Levy Characters: Phillip, Susan, Mary
Themes Altruism
Theses People can sacrifice anything for others even their happiness.
Details Susan left behind her childhood lover, Phillip, going to remote areas to help people recover after prodigious storms. And she kept doing volunteer work until she was old with enduring many adversities and shortages. The fact that Mary loves her husbands old lovers daughter as if she were her child and takes care of her very carefully is which few women can do.
Love
Love can over come Love between Phillip time, space and and Susan has existed adversities. since they were children until they are old despite of the fact that they are far from each other and their encountering of many obstacles in life. Sensibility is never as strong as sense. Although Susan loved Phillip very much till the end, she could not resist the loneliness in a remote area and fell for another man. Likewise, Phillip could not wait for Susan forever and had
II. Pride and prejudice Author: Jane Austen Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy
Themes Pride
Theses Each persons ego is so enormous that it prevents the person from showing his or her true feeling.
Details Although Darcy really loves Elizabeth, he at first keeps his love inside due to his superior social status as a noble and Elizabeth is a normal girl. The failure of Mr and Mrs Bennet (particularly the latter) as parents is blamed for Lydia's lack of moral judgment, which results in her escape with Wickham, a soldier and then she leeaves her sisters with debts. Lady Catherine, Darcys aunt disdains Elizabeth and thinks she does not deserve Darcy because Elizabeth originates from a trivial family although she is beautiful both inside and outside. Lydia, the youngest Bennet, ruins the Bennets reputation by flirting military soldiers and then escapes with Wickham. When they first meet each other, Elizabeth possesses a thought that
Upbringing Dignity of each person is dependent on the parents upbringing and concept.
Social status
In 19th-century England, social status is decided by the breeding and money rather than a persons qualities.
Family
Only a black sheep can totally ruin the whole familys reputation.
Prejudice
III. Wright brothers. Full name: Wilbur Wright (1867 1912), Orville Wright (1871 1948)
Themes Education
Theses Success in school does not totally determine success in the career.
Details Both brothers attended high school, but did not receive diplomas. Moreover, in elementary school, Orville was given to mischief and was once expelled. But then they was succeded in creating the first plane in the world. Passion of flying from childhood leads two brothers to the success. With passion, they overcame the plight, doing jobs such as printer, editor or bicycle repairer to earn money to make their dream come true. Although many women admired and loved Wright brothers, the brothers devoted their whole to the science and society without marriage.
Passion
Devotion
Many people devote their whole life to the society, sacrificing even their own happiness.
Perseverance Dreamers can only In the process of achieve when they invention, Wright are persevere. brothers encounter many adversaries: their father was far away
IV, Slumdog Millionaire (film): Character: Jamal Malik, Latika, Salim Malik
Themes Love
Theses
Details
True love always Although Jamal and requires loyalty and Latika has been consistence. separated many times by all kind of gangsters and plight, they are still in love and finally find each other. Every incidents passing will leave behind the poignant memory. Living in troubled time, Jamal has experienced many upheavals from his stolen idol picture, his mothers dying, etc to his working as a chai wallah. Each incident has implanted in his mind and helps him find the answers for the questions in the Who wants to be a millionaire; therefore, he can win the contest. Salims behavior can be misunderstood by many people. But in fact, all he was trying to do is to protect Jamal. He rescued both of them from Maman, a cruel gangster wanting to make Jamal blind so that Jamal can become a potential beggar. Then Salim pushed Jamal far away from Javed,
Memoir
Brotherhood Brothers always look for ways to protect each others no matter what happens.
V, Call of the wild (Jack London) Characters: Buck a dog, John Thornton: Bucks last owner
Themes Love
Theses
Details
Love can tame any Naturally, Buck one even a beast. belonged to its wild and cruel species, but thanks to John Thorntons love, the dog became calmer and more tamed. But the, right after John Thorntons death, Buck came back to what it is, a cruel and wild dog. People or animals are always affected by the surrounding environment. Buck did not come back to its nature immediately after leaving Judge Millers house. He became wild after has been tortured maliciously and had to fight for the survival. Mercedes, one owner of the Buck, could not perceive that material possessions and consumerism have no place in the wild so she had piled a lot of commodity. As a result, even she did not want, her familys wagon lacked dogs because they were exhausted due to
Influence
Themes Failure
Details Abraham Lincolns life is a chain of failure. Successive failure: loss in business at the age of 22, failing the attorney exam at the age of 23, nerve wreck at the age of 27 due to his beloveds death, five times not elected, did not undermine his will, instead made him more determined. Finally, he came one the greatest president of United States at the age of 51. Abraham Lincoln could not afford to go school so he utilized everything he had to study. He drew and sketch on the sand in lieu of pen and paper, he did chores to earn money to buy books. Due to his familys poverty, Lincoln had to do many different jobs to earn living. But difficult life had tempered Lincolns will and characters, making him become tolerant and upright.
VII, Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Characters: Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn
Themes Friendship
Theses
Details
Friendship can be Although, Toms family critical to a persons does not highly consider life. his characters, Tom's friends - Joe Harper and Huck Finn in particular look up to him precisely because he is so imaginative and adventurous. The boys see each other as they want to be seen, and together they create an exciting world of intrigue and adventure which they always desire. Everyone wants to create their own freedom so that they can live comfortably in it. Tom and his friends always to create an imaginary world. They pretend to be pirates, robber or sometimes treasure hunters. They escape from house and live in a small island to satisfy their imagination and dream. Besides his jokes and games, in many predicaments, Tom cares for other people such as Huck Finn and Becky, taking initiative help them instead of himself. This shows his maturity and
Freedom
Maturity
Through adversities and situation in life, people can enhance their maturity.
Themes Success
Theses
Details
Success is born from Walt Disney was duped in failure. a business on the project of Oswwald the Lucky Rabbit. He is the creator of the movie but he could get any profit from it. Very disappointed, he came back to California, he determined to produce something innovative. Then he passionately created another animated character: Mickey Mouse, which later made a prestige. Perseverance plays an important role in success. Walt Disney had met many financial problems while developing Walt Disney Studio. Many times he wanted to give us and was totally desperate. But somehow, he stood up and kept moving forward till he is successful. Prior to his death on December 15, 1966, Walt Disney took a deep interest in the establishment of California Institute of the Arts, a college level, professional school of all the creative and
Success
IX, Uncle Toms cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Characters: Uncle Tom, Eva, Simon Legree, Gorge, Cassy
Themes Courage
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Courage is put Uncle Toms behaviors something important admirable. He would to you in danger. rather die than live miserably like a paltry slave. Uncle Tom was very courageous standing fighting for the blacks rights even when he has to sacrifice his life. ( Or he saved some children while in the boat. Therefore he saved Eva, and her father bought him to pay for his deed.) Slavery is a terrible institution, destroying and taking ways something called happiness and equality. Through uncle Tom and other blacks life in the stories, we can see a panorama of malicious slavery. The black, they were lambasted and buffeted cruelly, have to live in a deficient condition and have to serve virulent masters until they die. Simon Legree, a vindictive white man, lambasted and tortured many black slaves. Then he was obsessed and die miserably. Many slaves as well as
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X, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Roald Dahl Characters: Charlie Bucket, Mr. Willy Wonka, Grandpa Joe
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Appearance Appearance can not Although in appearance, evaluate the inside Mr. Willy Wonka, characteristics. Charlie and the chocolate bar are small, they are very valuable inside. Mr. Willy Wonka has an amazing creativity, creating many special kinds of candy for children all around the world. Charlie is a well-behaved child, different form others and owns good norm which helps him take over the factory. Finally, the chocolate bar is so small but it brings joy, jaunty and happiness to many people not only children but also adults. Education Teaching from parents is very important Different from Charlie, other four children came from quite rich family but they are bad boys and girls due to misleading teaching method of their parents. Their parents think that letting children do whatever they want or require is rational, which results in their shame at the end of the traveling day in the factory.
Name : Tran Yen Anh Class : SAT38 Example 1 : Wall E -film ( Andrew Stanton ) Themes Theses 1/ The When disadvantage technology of using much replace people technology to do all works , people can be passive and dependent.
2/ Pollution
3/ Love
Details After destroying the earth with rubbish, people can't know how to tidy up and they make robots help, then remove to other planet to live. However, in new environment, they depend on robots to eat, sleep, and specially love.Thay can't think and do by themselves. The earth is People throw lots of destroyed by litter into the people. environment. They don't care about consequences and accept to remove to other places to live. Love can The love between convert people Wall E and Eve made people change their thoughts and come back to protect the
earth. Example 2 : Casablana -film ( Michael Curtiz ) Themes Theses 1/sacrifice Many people sacrificed their own aspire to contribute to the social.
Detail Rick Blaine who was one of the war victims wanted to escape from Casablanca where was controled by the Vichy.But he sacrificed his dream to help his lover(Ilsa Hund)and her husband( Victor Laszlo)to come back America where they can prepare for a resistance in Europe. 2/ People should Although Ilsa Hund responsibilities have a sense loved Rick Blaine, of their own she couldn't betray responsibilities her husband's . love.She had responsibilities with her husband who was injured in the war. 3/ Love People can Although Rick Blaine sacrifice for a wanted to escape real love. from Casablanca, he sacrificed his dream
to help his lover go to a safe place. Example 3 : Slumdog Millionaire. ( Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan) Themes Theses Detail 1/Society Many people Jamal K.Mak had a are living in wretched childhood destitute and in Mumbai, India. His dangerous mother died in an places. ethnic Violence.He, his brother(Salim) and his lover(Latika) escaped from their home but each period of their lives were difficulties which they had to solve. 2/ Brainpower People's Jamal K.Mak won knowledge is Rs.20,000,000 on the came from Indian version of their Programme " Who experiences in Wants to be a their life. Millionaire". He could answer all the questions because each question was one of his memories that was full of pain. 3/ Traps People can be Salim becam a easily changed murderer because of by bad traps. money and be
4/ Humanity
enticed by gangland. He prevented the love between Jaml and Latika and forced Latika to serve for him and his gangland. People who Jamal joined this lives honestly programme to find will have an Latika , as a result, happy ending . she saw him in the TV. They met each other with Salim's help. After all, Salim realized his situation and he decided to help Latika , then he died.
Example 4 All about Eve.- film: ( Joseph L.Mankiewicz) 1/ Aspirant To become famous, many people use trickery instead of develop their abilities. Margo Channing,a biggest star on Broadway but she was beginning to show her age. Eve Harrington approached Margo as a fan, then Eve tried to do
2/Trust
3/Famous
everything for Margo and became Margo's assistant. After all, Eve betrayed Margo to become a famous person. We should not Because Eve did believe in everything for Margo someone and showed her love through their to Margo, Margo outside offered Eve as behaviour. assistant so that Eve knew all Margo's secret. Then, Eve began working to supplant Margo, planned to deprived Margo's lover and role. People's Eve becomes a dream to Broadway star and is become presented with an famous never award for her ends. performance in the role of Cora. She arrives home and encounters an apparently besotted young fan Phoebe who had sneaked into her apartment. Phoebe begins to
attend to Eve's needs.While Eve rests in the other room Phoebe tries on Eve's gown and poses in front of the mirror with her award.
Example 5 : Raise your voice - film (Sean McNamara) themes theses Detail 1/ Familly Our familly is Tery Fletcher was our fulcrum. shock afer her brother (Paul) died. She tried to run away her abilities and dream although she had really wanted to study singing in a famous school. Before this accident, Paul had knew about Tery 's aspire so he had made a film about Tery's abilities and had sent to this school. After all, Tery was surprised when she received the
2/ Parents
Parents should take care of their children's dream and help them to do it instead of forbid them.
3/ overcome difficulties
Difficulties in our life can not make people give up their dream.
invitation to go to this school. She found her dream again and try to do it for Paul. Tery's father didn't want her to become a singer so he forbad her not to go to this school. Tery had to lie him to go to study. At the end, after hearing Tery sang the song which she wrote for Paul, her father realized about her abilities and accepted her to go her own way. Although Tery couldn't forget Paul, she overcame all difficulties about her father's permittance, her friends to become a singer and sing the song for her brother.
Many people think that money can buy everything including happiness.
2/Regret.
Charles Foster Kane contributed his life to become the richest person in the world and have power . But his life couldn't be happy because his divorce with two wives and his lonely life when he was old. Many people Charles Foster Kane appreciate spent too much time their career in his life for career . than their life's Until he was old, he happiness. realized about his lonely life. When he died, he spoke the word :" rosebud" which means lonely .
Example7 : Titanic -film ( James Cameron ) Themes Theses 1/ True love A True love is sacrif ice, Love doesn't have to live together or die together . 2/Society Unfair society.
Detail Jack saved Rose when they floated on the sea after the ship was sunk. So he died to help Rose live. Many worker died when they buit Titanic although they hadn't
received any money from the employer. The poor must live in a dirty place of this ship. Titanic was capitalism's pride at that time. The richer had said that :" Titanic can't never fall down as the exist of power and money". However, Titanic's accident happened and proved that power and money can't never be immortal.
Example 8: Eight Below . ( Frank Marshall ) Themes Theses 1/Loyalty Many animals are always loyal to their owners.
Detail Eight dogs and Jerry saved Davis when he fell into the surface of the big ice so it borke and Davis could be die. When Jerry and Davis had to come back home to treat for Jerry's hand, they couldn't bring the dog team with them. So
ourageous
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that the dog team tried to exist to wait their owner. One of the dogs died because he doesn't want to leave until Jerry and Davis came back. The dog team overcame all difficulties of the South Pole to exist. They took care each other , found food to eat. Jerry, Davis and the dog team lived together during the exploration. The dog team helped Jerry and Davis to travel and find food.
Example 9: The ramen girl. (Robert Allan Ackerman ) Themes Theses 1/ Patient To be successful, we should be patient.
Detail Abby wants to study how to cook "ramen" but the Japanese chef tries to force her to do some hard works in the hope that she
2/ Feeling.
3/ Hope
quits. However, Abby isn't discouraged, she tries to do as what the chef want although he quarell with her. When we want Abby realized that to succeed in she must bring her our jobs, we feeling into her meal should love it because it is the only and feel about way to become a it. success chef. After all, Abby brought her sadness into her ramen and all people who ate it felt sad too. Although Abby has to have more time to practice, the Japanese chef still believe in her abilities and he admitted that she is the successor of his ramen shop. Although Abby passed through many broken love, she still believe that her lover will come back in the future. In the end , her dream became true.
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Detail When Nathaniel Anthony Ayers played violin, he doesn't think about anything except music; no noisy transports; no animosity. His dream is only music. Music connect Stevea journalist and Nathaniel- a homeless person. Steve helped Nathaniel do Nathaniel's dream and Nathaniel helped Steve find Steve's real indulgence.