There are two types of themes that appear in literary works i.e. major and minor. A major theme is an idea that a writer repeats in his work, making it the
most significant idea in a literary work. A minor theme, on the other hand, refers to an idea that appears in a work briefly and gives way to another minor theme.
The theme of a fable is its moral. The theme of a parable is its teaching. The theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave.
In fiction, the theme is not intended to teach or preach. In fact, it is not presented directly at all. You extract it from the characters, action, and setting that
make up the story. In other words, you must figure out the theme yourself. The writers task is to communicate on a common ground with the reader.
2.5 Point of view
Point of view is the angle of considering things which shows us the opinion or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. In literature, point of view is
the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc. Point of view is a reflection of the
opinion an individual from real life or fiction can have. Broadly speaking, there are three major kinds of points of view: The perspective from which a speaker or
writer recounts a narrative or presents information. Depending on the topic, purpose, and audience, writers of nonfiction may rely on the first-person point of
view I, we, the second-person you, your, or the third-person he, she, it, they.
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3. THE ANALYSIS
3.1 Magdalena Ella Halloway
Lena is the main character in a novel by Lauren Oliver Delirium. She is a 17-years-old girl. Lena lives with her aunt, Carol Tidlle. Lena’s mother, Annable
Halloway has died committed suicide when Lena was 6 years old. The thoughtness from that accident because Annable Halloway loves her husband so
much, who has passed away for long time ago. Annable has repeated undergone evaluation and the results still show that Annable still has Deliria disease, a
disease that is claimed Love is Sin. Therefore, Lena is isolated from her environment. Oliver 2011:157 says, For the first time, in my life. I understood
the look that people had been giving me forever, the same curl of the lip Whenever they hear the name Halloway. Piti, yes --- but disgust, also, and fear of
contamination. Lena’s Family is rumored has contracted Deliria and the desease is the most
feared in Portland. The day after her mother’s died because of Deliria, her sister, Rachel has convicted of contracting Deliria. Oliver 2011:173 says, “Here is the
secret about my family: My sister contracted the Deliria several months before her scheduled procedure. She fall in love with a boy, named Thomas. Who was also
uncured. During the day she and Thomas spent all their lying in a field of wild- flowers, shielding their eyes against the sun, whispering promises to each other
that could never be kept.” This is already an open secret. Lena has been used to hearing things about
her family and this skewed random key makes Lena become a shy person. Oliver
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