Words, especially the huge concept words you've written (tolerance, loss), always have connotations, and those are in no small part due to our own schema. Also, as you've said about your understanding, my understanding (opinion) is that an author's message would rarely, if ever, be able to be stated in a single sentence. And neither of us is right or wrong. Just another example of why pinning something down according to simplistic rules rarely works.
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Domina.Natasha < [email protected]> wrote: > Not going on any research, just my own opinion-- > I think of theme as more of one word summing up a big idea: "friendship", > "loss", "tolerance". > I think of the author's message as more of a sentence that tells what we > think the author thinks about those big ideas: "We should be friends with > all kinds of people," "Talking about our loss helps us heal." > Maybe (I'm thinking as I write here), themes tell what big ideas are > explored and author's message tells the conclusion we've drawn from > exploring those big ideas....? > > Natasha > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
