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    Re: Theme vs. Lesson Learned
    Posted by: Sara on 9/23/09

    On 9/23/09, Tricia wrote:
    > What would you say is the difference between theme and
    > lesson learned. Is the lesson learned a lesson that the
    > CHARACTER learned throughout the story and the thme is the
    > author's message/lesson to the READER???

    Author's intention is murky ground - I don't go there. But
    the theme(s) of the story rather scream out from the story -
    they're open to debate and discussion but would anyone say
    that the Old Man and The Sea is a coming of age story? I
    doubt it.
    There is on line a list of common themes - google it and it
    comes up and can be useful for a class.

    As to 'lesson learned' - there are some main characters who
    don't learn one - so lesson learned isn't a term I use. What
    lesson did Montresor learn in the Cask of Amontillado? That
    he could get away with murder? The story really doesn't offer
    any lesson learned by the characters.

    Instead I ask students 'what's the message of this story to
    you as a reader' and sometimes in that message, students will
    suggest a lesson that they've considered by reading it.


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  • Theme vs. Lesson Learned, 9/23/09, by Tricia.
  • Re: Theme vs. Lesson Learned, 9/23/09, by Teri.
  • Re: Theme vs. Lesson Learned, 9/23/09, by Sara.
  • Re: Theme vs. Lesson Learned, 9/25/09, by Shannon Stone.

     
     

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