Theme

1) I think that theme is important when writing a peice of literature. People need to learn things from what they read, and that's probably the best way to do it. It doesn't even have to be written down, for example, when someone is telling a story and they get towards the end of it, they'll say "moral of the story...", even if it's just two high-school kids talking to eachother. If there were no themes in the stories we told, people wouldn't learn anything and we would all be a lot less knowledgeable. That being said, there are stories that don't require a theme and are strictly to entertain and sometimes these can be the best stories. The problem with these is that they don't really get at the heart of issues that are taking place in our world today which require some theme.

2) A theme that I'd be interested in communiting through my play is the idea of really pursuing what you care about in life. So often kids are persuaded by their parents to do the "right" thing instead of doing what they think they should do and what they want to do. Kids need to start making decisions for themselves earlier in life rather than letting their parents possibly steer them in the wrong path. If you don't want to go to college, don't go to college just because your parents want you to. Maybe it's not the right choice but you'll learn for yourself, rather than someone just telling you that it's wrong, and learning from experience is always the best way to learn.

3) A conflict I'm considering writing about is a confused kid who is always told by his parents what to do but doesn't really know if he should listen to them or not. He eventually starts questioning the things his parents say and he starts doing things on his own and making decisions for himself. He learns from his bad choices a few times and starts making better one's and his parents eventually just stop telling him what to do and he succeeds in life.