Life...

Life… it is the magic that keeps us ticking. However it is taken for granted in almost every day of our lives, until it is on the line. Then we realize how much it means to be alive. When there is no hope, you discover that it is the most valuable thing you ever were given.

In almost every book there is more than one theme. In The Lost World, survival is one of the most obvious themes. Throughout the entire book the main characters struggle for survival on Isla Nublar. They fight greed, themselves, and the dinosaurs. During these struggles you are taken on an emotional and physical struggle, through which the characters find how important it means to be alive.

There is another example of this theme in the same book. Throughout the story many battles and struggles of the dinosaurs are described. As the dinosaurs try to protect themselves and their young they must compete with predators for life.

There are very many themes that can describe a story. And these themes can be shared between thousands of books. I myself wrote a small short story that actually displays the theme of survival. In this short story Earl the main character, struggles to survive in the cold rainy wilderness. At one point in the story he must overcome fear and escape a grumpy bear.  During this and many more points he is faced with life threatening situations and see how much life means.

This ticking magic is us. It is what makes the separation between background and foreground. The fight for this magic is a very common theme but it is a great one.