Which sentence best states a theme, as opposed to a plot summary, of a story in which a young man leaves his village, fails in the city, and returns to find his village changed?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Belonging is not a place that waits unchanged for those who leave it.
- Step 1: A theme is a general idea about life, not a list of events. Step 2. Only the sentence about belonging expresses an idea that goes beyond this one character. Answer: the sentence about belonging. Why not the others: The other options retell events, name the setting, or state a detail of the story.
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