1. I haven't read the story, can you post a link with it so I can help?
2. Well, first off theme is shaped by the character, setting, and even the plot of the story. Setting affects the theme in major ways! It contributes to plot and the characters. Without setting...there will be no plot for the story.
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“A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway is a story about an American Lieutenant, called Henry Frederic, who was in the Italian Army during the World War I, in this part of the narration Henry is going into the front lines, and the description of “entrance to a circus or a native village” represent the unpleasant feeling when the narrator drives the reader into a strange and atypical place.
`A cultural conflict. Will Allow both sides of the culture, see from the other side's Perspective. This will help both Sides of the culture to either grow. Or regress by declining.