Some of the more common universal themes found in literature include individual struggle towards a personal goal, a person’s struggle with humanity, falling in love, life cycles, karma, coping with tragedy, adolescence and discovering the world around us.

A Raisin in the Sun Themes

• Dreams. Dreams possess great importance in A Raisin in the Sun, with the play’s name coming from a 1951 Langston Hughes poem titled Montage of a Dream Deferred.
• Dignity and Pride.
• Race, Discrimination, and Assimilation.
• Gender and Feminism.
• Money.

Themes

• Primitivity.
• Man and the Natural World.
• Knowledge and Wisdom.
• Perseverance.
• Suffering.
• Loyalty.
• Respect and Reputation.
• Pride.

One of the most important themes in The Giver is the significance of memory to human life. Lowry was inspired to write The Giver after a visit to her aging father, who had lost most of his long-term memory.

As Jonas, the new Receiver of Memory for the community, begins to gain knowledge of the past, he learns about the relationship between pleasure and pain, the importance of individuality over conformity, and the value and limitations of memories. These are the themes in the novel.

The Giver Themes

• The Individual vs. Society.
• Freedom and Choice. In Jonas’s community, no one makes choices.
• Feeling and Emotion. The people of Jonas’s community don’t understand genuine emotion or pain, because their lifestyles allow no opportunity to experience it.
• Coming of Age.
• Memory.

Generally, the conflict is the individual vs. society. Specifically, Jonas is struggling against his community that has made everyone the same, taking away individuality.

In Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver, we see examples of all four types of literary conflicts: Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society, and Person vs.

The Chief Elder

The more we expose ourselves to conflict the better we become at handling it, and the more successful we become as business people.

• Opens our eyes to new ideas.
• Opportunity to verbalize needs.
• Teaches flexibility.
• Teaches us to listen.
• Teaches us patterns of behavior.
• Leads to solutions.
• Practice communication skills.

Advantages And Disadvantages of Conflict

• Improved Problem Solving. Openly addressing conflict and discussing opposing views can offer many benefits in regard to problem-solving.
• Improved Relationships.
• Decreased Productivity.
• Low Morale.
• Apathy and Abandonment.

Positive Effects of Conflict in an Organization

• Social Change,
• Decision Making,
• Reconciliation,
• Group Unity,
• Group Cooperation,
• Inspire Creativity,
• Share and Respect Opinions,
• Improve Future Communication, and.

7 Types of Conflict in Fiction

• Person vs. Person. Also called man vs.
• Person vs. Nature. This type of conflict counters a character against some force of nature, such as an animal or the weather.
• Person vs. Society.
• Person vs. Technology.
• Person vs. Supernatural.
• Person vs. Self.
• Person vs. Destiny (Fate/Luck/God)

Many stories contain multiple types of conflict, but there is usually one that is the main focus.

• Character vs. Self.
• Character vs. Character.
• Character vs. Nature.
• Character vs. Supernatural.
• Character vs. Technology.
• Character vs. Society.