Story: "Nethergrave" by Gloria Skurzynski.

Thesis Statement: Your thesis will make a statement about what you are examining and how it REVEALS MEANING in the literary work.

(The theme is the overall message of the story that the author wants the reader to know.)

Example: AUTHOR LAST NAME uses characterization and conflict to present the theme of…..

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Gloria Skurzynski uses the elements of setting and characterization to reveal the theme of the detrimental effects of escapism in the story "Nethergrave."