When someone talks about the “Theme” of a book or story there’s a chance that they’re talking about what type of story it is, so someone might say “The theme of Treasure Island is pirates.” but that’s not correct. If someone says that, then they’re actually talking about the setting of the story. The real theme of a story is similar to the moral of the story, and most of the time the moral is a theme. The theme is something that the story imparts on you, like a lesson, which makes the moral so similar. It can be very subjective, meaning different people might think there are different themes. The most common theme attributed to Treasure Island is the that you should be careful of those who you count as friends, because when the characters reach the island there’s a mutiny led by John Silver, who the main character counted as a close friend. there are other themes that some people see, but this is the one I think the author had in mind when writing the book.
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