One of the recurring themes in the Death of Ivan Ilyich is the two lives that people live in. One is the shallow way of life which consists of materialism and selfishness. The second is the real life which shows the truer meaning of life through deep human relationships, sense of belonging, and strength of character.
A theme is a universal lesson learned and the central idea is a one-sentence main idea.
- <em>Central idea</em> conveys that the text is about mainly, whereas, <em>theme </em>refers to the author's message, life lesson or moral learned from the story.
- A <em>central idea</em> cannot be referred to as the topic of the text, on the other hand, a <em>theme</em> cannot be same as topic.
- In one sentence, the<em> central idea </em>can be stated, whereas, <em>themes</em> are repeated and can be multiple.
Therefore, a theme is not the central idea, nor it can act as a topic of the text.
Life is a highway by rascal flatts
The best answer to the question that is being stated above would be that 'Writing is difficult.' The works of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King entitled 'The Philosophy of Composition' and 'On Writing', respectively, tells the main idea that you being a writer and writing is a very difficult thing to do and takes time and effort to pull off.
I think Princess Mononoke is a good example!
