Example: <span>The theme or underlying message in the short story Mallam Sile is that of the definition of sin and the consequences thereof. Mallam Sile is a tea seller and owns a tea shop. He is a gentle, patient man who is unable to deal with the bullies who visit his tea shop. He closes his shop at some point to renovate it. When his shop reopens, he appears with his wife who is not scared of the bullies and chases them to repay what they have stolen from Mallam Sile. </span>
