Possible Book Themes

    Beauty of simplicity
    Capitalism – effect on the individual
    Change of power - necessity
    Change versus tradition
    Chaos and order
    Character – destruction, building up
    Circle of life
    Coming of age
    Communication – verbal and nonverbal
    Companionship as salvation
    Convention and rebellion
    Dangers of ignorance
    Darkness and light
    Death – inevitable or tragedy
    Desire to escape
    Destruction of beauty
    Disillusionment and dreams
    Displacement
    Empowerment
    Emptiness of attaining false dream
    Everlasting love
    Evils of racism
    Facing darkness
    Facing reality
    Fading beauty
    Faith versus doubt
    Family – blessing or curse
    Fate and free will
    Fear of failure
    Female roles
    Fulfillment
    Good versus bad
    Greed as downfall
    Growing up – pain or pleasure
    Hazards of passing judgment
    Heartbreak of betrayal
    Heroism – real and perceived
    Hierarchy in nature
    Identity crisis
    Illusion of power
    Immortality
    Individual versus society
    Inner versus outer strength
    Injustice
    Isolation
    Isolationism - hazards
    Knowledge versus ignorance
    Loneliness as destructive force
    Losing hope
    Loss of innocence
    Lost honor
    Lost love
    Love and sacrifice
    Man against nature
    Manipulation
    Materialism as downfall
    Motherhood
    Names – power and significance
    Nationalism – complications
    Nature as beauty
    Necessity of work
    Oppression of women
    Optimism – power or folly
    Overcoming – fear, weakness, vice
    Patriotism – positive side or complications
    Power and corruption
    Power of silence
    Power of tradition
    Power of wealth
    Power of words
    Pride and downfall
    Progress – real or illusion
    Quest for discovery
    Quest for power
    Rebirth
    Reunion
    Role of men
    Role of Religion – virtue or hypocrisy
    Role of women
    Self – inner and outer
    Self-awareness
    Self-preservation
    Self-reliance
    Social mobility
    Technology in society – good or bad
    Temporary nature of physical beauty
    Temptation and destruction
    Totalitarianism
    Vanity as downfall
    Vulnerability of the meek
    Vulnerability of the strong
    War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy
    Will to survive
    Wisdom of experience
    Working class struggles
    Youth and beauty
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