Today in class we came in, found our computers, and sat down like we do everyday. Instead of working directly with Ready Player One we discussed a more general topic. We discussed the major differences between the topics in literature versus the themes in literature. We established that topics can be very broad and vague in literature or it can be one specific thing shown only once. An example we mentioned in class was that in Wall-E a topic was Old musicals or dancing. This is specific because there is one old musical and one dancing scene, but it is still relevant and important to the movie. But a theme makes a topic relate to a general claim that may refer to not only a specific piece of literature but pertains to the outside world, as well. We used examples from both Wall-E and Ready Player One. An example of this would be that a topic in Wall-E is love. Love is shown in Wall-E and it is one of the topics that is shown more frequently. This topic can be transformed into a theme by saying that Love conquers evil. This claim relates directly to Wall-E but it is general enough to relate it to an outside topic, or a different piece of literature. In Wall-E this theme is expressed through a lot of the movie but specifically at the end when Wall-E is trying to save the plant and ends up injuring himself for Eva and Eva is trying to save Wall-E. Although many believe that topics and themes are interchangeable, they are totally different and express two different spectrums of specificity.
Here is a video that gives a mini lesson on the difference between topic and theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjEbRhJjgw
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