Pick one of the following short stories. Then decide on a theme for your chosen story, and state it as clearly as possible.(Remember that theme is a meaning that the reader walks away with by the end of the story).

Pick one of the following short stories. Then decide on a theme for your chosen story, and state it as clearly as possible.(Remember that theme is a meaning that the reader walks away with by the end of the story). With your chosen theme in mind, decide what element of fiction best represents your theme. (point of view, setting, plot, characters, conflict, symbolism). Pick at least TWO elements and pick out TWO (ONLY 2) quotes to support your theme.
A&P -Updike
Cathedral-Carver
Once Upon A Time-Gordimer
The Shawl-Ozich
Sonny’s Blues-Baldwin