Theme

Growing up in English classes over the last few years of my life, I learned about theme. "Theme is basically the main idea of the story or passage," my teachers would say. After reading chapter three of our text, my eyes were opened to a whole new way of thinking. Theme can really be anything that you make of the story or passage. I've never realized how many themes or main ideas that could come out of "The Little Red Riding Hood" story I learned as a child. Pathetic as it may seem, I was one of those people who only read a text once. As Professor Corrigan and many more of my teachers have said, "Always read a text twice or more to get the complete meaning or other main ideas." I've heard this quote a million times in my life. If anyone does not believe in this quote, they should read chapter three of our literary textbook. There's truly no way to understand or find hidden meanings and ideas from the author, if the text is only read once. I will always read a text at least twice, maybe even three times. So far, I am really enjoying this class and am excited to learn more about how I can get more out of the text that I read.