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** Song Of the Lioness: Love is a strength, not a weakness. [[AmbitionIsEvil Ambition for ambition's sake is wrong]].
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** [[TortallUniverse Song Of the Lioness: Lioness]]: Love is a strength, not a weakness. [[AmbitionIsEvil Ambition for ambition's sake is wrong]].
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* ''{{Casabianca}}'': Innocence of youth and loyalty to authority (especially parental) even in the face of imminent death.
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* ''TheRoad'': Day to day survival as the greatest victory of all.
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* Various series from TamoraPeirce can be summed up as follows;
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* Various series from TamoraPeirce TamoraPierce can be summed up as follows;
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* ''DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' - Is emotion the only hallmark of being human? Does a machine become human if it has emotion? Can emotion be replicated?
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* ''DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' - Is emotion the only hallmark of being human? Does a machine become human if it has emotion? Can emotion be replicated?replicated?
* Various series from TamoraPeirce can be summed up as follows;
** Song Of the Lioness: Love is a strength, not a weakness. [[AmbitionIsEvil Ambition for ambition's sake is wrong]].
** The Immortals: Just because a person's/creature's nature is different to your own doesn't mean it is morally wrong, and should not be changed.
** The Protector of the Small: People with strength, power and privilege should use their resources to protect the disadvantaged. Fairness is of the utmost importance.
** Trickster Duet: Fighting oppression and discrimination with more of the same does not work, and [[LaResistance rebellions]] should strive for peace and fairness, not revenge.
** CircleOfMagic: True magic is in human creativity and our creations. People with completely different social backgrounds and personalities can become the greatest of friends. You can make your own family.
* Various series from TamoraPeirce can be summed up as follows;
** Song Of the Lioness: Love is a strength, not a weakness. [[AmbitionIsEvil Ambition for ambition's sake is wrong]].
** The Immortals: Just because a person's/creature's nature is different to your own doesn't mean it is morally wrong, and should not be changed.
** The Protector of the Small: People with strength, power and privilege should use their resources to protect the disadvantaged. Fairness is of the utmost importance.
** Trickster Duet: Fighting oppression and discrimination with more of the same does not work, and [[LaResistance rebellions]] should strive for peace and fairness, not revenge.
** CircleOfMagic: True magic is in human creativity and our creations. People with completely different social backgrounds and personalities can become the greatest of friends. You can make your own family.
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* ''PetSematary'': It is better to let go of departed loved ones than to try to bring them back. Or as King himself put it, "Sometimes, dead is better."
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* ''PetSematary'': ''Literature/PetSematary'': It is better to let go of departed loved ones than to try to bring them back. Or as King himself put it, "Sometimes, dead is better."
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** ''Literature/AClashOfKings'' - What makes a good leader?
** ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'' - When is violence truly justified?
** ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'' - The misuse of power.
** ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' - What would one do to gain power.
** ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' - Are there things in this world more important than honor?
** ''Literature/AClashOfKings'' - What makes a good leader?
** ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'' - When is violence truly justified?
** ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'' - The misuse of power.
** ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' - What would one do to gain power.
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire''
** ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' - Are there things in this world more important than honor?
** ''Literature/AClashOfKings'' -''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': What makes a good leader?
** ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'' - When is violence truly justified?
** ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'' - The misuse of power.
** ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' - What would one do to gain power.leader?
** ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' - Are there things in this world more important than honor?
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** ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'' - When is violence truly justified?
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* ''TheGreatGatsby'': ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'': Is the American Dream really all it's cracked up to be?
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* ''Literature/NoliMeTangere'', like ''TheWire'', exposes corruption within Spanish-run Filipino society. To try to create change is to invite disaster. It's sequel ''ElFilibusterismo'' is about ''Literature/ElFilibusterismo'': the emptiness of revolutionary violence without noble aspirations.
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* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'': GrowingUpSucks but not growing up is worse.
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* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'': ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'': GrowingUpSucks but not growing up is worse.
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* ''TheNotebook'' - How persistence pays off.
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* ''TheNotebook'' ''Film/TheNotebook'' - How persistence pays off.
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** ''Esther'': Never KneelBeforeZod. Remain DefiantToTheEnd
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** ''Esther'': ''Literature/BookOfEsther'': Never KneelBeforeZod. Remain DefiantToTheEndDefiantToTheEnd. The ever changing tide of fortune.
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* ''Literature/{{Jaws}}'': The predators who take advantage of people in everyday life.
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* ''Literature/{{Jaws}}'': ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': The predators who take advantage of people in everyday life.
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* ''TheGreenMile'': You can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped.
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* ''TheGreenMile'': ''Literature/TheGreenMile'': You can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped.
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* ''NoliMeTangere'', like ''TheWire'', exposes corruption within Spanish-run Filipino society. To try to create change is to invite disaster. It's sequel ''ElFilibusterismo'' is about the emptiness of revolutionary violence without noble aspirations.
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* ''NoliMeTangere'', ''Literature/NoliMeTangere'', like ''TheWire'', exposes corruption within Spanish-run Filipino society. To try to create change is to invite disaster. It's sequel ''ElFilibusterismo'' is about the emptiness of revolutionary violence without noble aspirations.
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** ''A Feast for Crows'' - The misuse of power.
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** ''A Feast for Crows'' ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'' - The misuse of power.
**''A Dance with Dragons'' ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' - What would one do to gain power.
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* ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'': The consequences of ruthless, uncaring imperialism on those subjected to it.
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* ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'': ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'': The consequences of ruthless, uncaring imperialism on those subjected to it.
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* TheCthulhuMythos: Humanity is small and inconsequential in the larger universe. The stories written by Lovecraft himself also tended to focus on man's {{Hubris}} and the inevitable disasters that it leads to.
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* TheCthulhuMythos: Humanity is small and inconsequential in the larger universe. The stories written by Lovecraft himself also tended to focus on man's {{Hubris}} and the inevitable disasters that it leads to. Also, true understanding is dangerous for the mind and sanity. human have to go back to ignorance and barbary or go insane if they begin to unveil the truth.
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* DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep - Is emotion the only hallmark of being human? Does a machine become human if it has emotion? Can emotion be replicated?
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* DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep ''DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' - Is emotion the only hallmark of being human? Does a machine become human if it has emotion? Can emotion be replicated?
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* '''[[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson Kidnapped]]'': Some causes are just lost. Fight the battles that you can actually win.
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* '''[[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson ''[[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson Kidnapped]]'': Some causes are just lost. Fight the battles that you can actually win.
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* TheCthulhuMythos: Humanity is small and inconsequential in the larger universe. The stories written by Lovecraft himself also tended to focus on Mans Hubris and the inevitable disasters that it leads to.
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* TheCthulhuMythos: Humanity is small and inconsequential in the larger universe. The stories written by Lovecraft himself also tended to focus on Mans Hubris man's {{Hubris}} and the inevitable disasters that it leads to.
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* ''{{Catch22}}'': The fundamental insanity of war.
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* ''{{Catch22}}'': ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'': The fundamental insanity of war.
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** ''A Clash of Kings'' - What makes a good leader?
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** ''A GameOfThrones'' ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' - Are there things in this world more important than honor?
**''A Clash of Kings'' ''Literature/AClashOfKings'' - What makes a good leader?
**''A Storm of Swords'' ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'' - When is violence truly justified?
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* ''{{Lensman}}'': War ''always'' changes. The most powerful tool in warfare need not be a weapon.
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* ''SherlockHolmes'': There is no mystery out there that cannot be solved with the application of logic and empirical thought.
** ''TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'': The conflict between the fearful superstitions of the past and modern empirical logic and rationality.
** ''TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'': The conflict between the fearful superstitions of the past and modern empirical logic and rationality.
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* ''SherlockHolmes'': ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'': There is no mystery out there that cannot be solved with the application of logic and empirical thought.
**''TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'': ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'': The conflict between the fearful superstitions of the past and modern empirical logic and rationality. rationality.
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** ''Job'': The nature of human suffering. Why do bad things happen to good people?
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**''Nahum'' - The results of a sinful life.
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** ''Ezekiel'': Even in the DarkestHour of exile, YouAreNotAlone
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' and its TV adaptation ''GameOfThrones'':
** Is there anything else in the world more important than honor?
** How power can be lost as quickly as it is gained. [[DiabolusExMachina How victory can turn into defeat in the blink of an eye]].
** Is greatness something one [[HardWorkHardlyWorks is born with]] or something that has to be earned?
** What makes a good leader?
** Is there anything else in the world more important than honor?
** How power can be lost as quickly as it is gained. [[DiabolusExMachina How victory can turn into defeat in the blink of an eye]].
** Is greatness something one [[HardWorkHardlyWorks is born with]] or something that has to be earned?
** What makes a good leader?
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** Is there anything else in the world more important than honor?
** How power can be lost as quickly as it is gained. [[DiabolusExMachina How victory can turn into defeat in the blink''ASongOfIceAndFire''
**''A GameOfThrones'' - The destructiveness ofan eye]].
** Is greatness somethingintrigue.
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**''A Feast for Crows'' - The misuse of power.
**''A Dance with Dragons'' - What makes a good leader?
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** How power can be lost as quickly as it is gained. [[DiabolusExMachina How victory can turn into defeat in the blink
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* ''TheWitcher'' and its [[VideoGame/TheWitcher video]] [[VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings games]]: The world is filled with monsters, and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans are oftentimes the worst ones of all]].
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* ''TheWitcher'' and its [[VideoGame/TheWitcher video]] [[VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings games]]: The world is filled with monsters, and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans are oftentimes the worst ones of all]].all]].
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': [[ThePowerOfLove Love is what makes us strongest]]. Prejudice and bigotry are bad. Everybody has to die eventually.
** For her part, Creator/JKRowling says that the central theme is death: "The theme of how we react to death, how much we fear it. Of course, I think which is a key part of the book because Voldemort is someone who will do anything not to die. He's terrified of death. And in many ways, all of my characters are defined by their attitude to death and the possibility of death."
* ''{{Freakonomics}}'' claims to be an aversion - instead of one unifying theme, it has about half a dozen, listed in the introduction. However, they could be summed up as "Knowledge is power". Also, [[TheSwordOfTruth "People are stupid."]] The sequel ''SuperFreakonomics'' claims that the real theme of both books is that people respond to incentives ("Incentives matter" is their phrasing) but they don't always respond in ways that are obvious or manifest.
* ''{{Casabianca}}'': Innocence of youth and loyalty to authority (especially parental) even in the face of imminent death.
* The ''{{Belgariad}}'' and the ''Mallorean'' aim for two key points: friendship and faith. The former is exemplified when it's pointed out that the Light is always spread across many people while the Dark always works alone; the latter comes to the fore when it's made clear [[spoiler:that the primary job of the heroes is ultimately to replace a god]].
* ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'': The conflicts between 'happy' ignorance and 'unhappy' intellectual curiosity; can living a purely hedonistic and carefree existence truly be called living?
* ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'': Don't expect your creations to obey you just because it was you that made them. (This applies especially if you're a parent.)
* ''PetSematary'': It is better to let go of departed loved ones than to try to bring them back. Or as King himself put it, "Sometimes, dead is better."
* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'': Can revenge truly give one peace of mind?
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Long as there is life, there is hope.
** Redemption; specifically, what causes a man to harden his heart against the world, and what it takes to redeem him.
* TheCthulhuMythos: Humanity is small and inconsequential in the larger universe. The stories written by Lovecraft himself also tended to focus on Mans Hubris and the inevitable disasters that it leads to.
* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' and its TV adaptation ''GameOfThrones'':
** Is there anything else in the world more important than honor?
** How power can be lost as quickly as it is gained. [[DiabolusExMachina How victory can turn into defeat in the blink of an eye]].
** Is greatness something one [[HardWorkHardlyWorks is born with]] or something that has to be earned?
** What makes a good leader?
* ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'': Even those imagined insignificant can change the world.
* ''TheElricSaga'': OrderVersusChaos and how too much of either is bad.
** Same wih ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber''
* ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'': AllLoveIsUnrequited.
* '''[[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson Kidnapped]]'': Some causes are just lost. Fight the battles that you can actually win.
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': Whether a single evil act can damn a good man or not.
* ''ConanTheBarbarian'': The fine line between civilization and savagery.
* ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'': The loss of innocence. Or: Man's not inherently good.
* ''TheGreatGatsby'': Is the American Dream really all it's cracked up to be?
** Or, alternatively, all the money in the world won't make people love you.
* ''Literature/MadameBovary'': Life is no fantasy.
* ''Literature/MobyDick'': The dangers of pursuing an unwinnable quest.
* ''SherlockHolmes'': There is no mystery out there that cannot be solved with the application of logic and empirical thought.
** ''TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'': The conflict between the fearful superstitions of the past and modern empirical logic and rationality.
* ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'': The duality at the heart of man and the conflict between his loftier aspirations and his base desires.
* ''{{Catch22}}'': The fundamental insanity of war.
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': Never judge a book by its cover.
* ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'': The hypocrisy of the "nobility".
* ''Literature/GulliversTravels'': How Earth is a CrapsackWorld and it's inescapable.
* ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'': The evils of colonialism, no matter how pretty its dressed up.
** Specifically, [[DrunkWithPower colonialism corrupts the colonizer]].
* ''Literature/DonQuixote'': The world doesn't run on BlackAndWhiteMorality. Anyone who thinks himself a hero has got to be mad.
* Literature/TheBible is made up of several books with its own themes.
** ''Literature/{{Genesis}}'': God trying to get His plan for salvation right.
** ''Literature/{{Exodus}}'': Only through God's law can man have true freedom.
** ''Leviticus'': The rituals and ceremonies emphasize the gap between man and God.
** ''Numbers'': Faith can win over even the most difficult challenges.
** ''Deuteronomy'': Man can overcome his sinful past and bring about a redeemed world.
** ''Joshua'': ThePromisedLand is a paradise long as God's people keep it that way.
** ''Literature/BookOfJudges'': The cycle of sin in which God's people is stuck.
** ''Literature/BookOfRuth'': UndyingLoyalty.
** ''Literature/BooksOfSamuel'': God's special calling to man and whether or not we can do it.
** ''Literature/BooksOfKings'': Earthly kings come and go but God is man's true sovereign.
** ''Jonah'': You can't run away from your true purpose. TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive
** ''Song of Songs'': Love that was once lost can be found again.
** ''Ecclesiastes'': What should we really be searching for in this short life?
** ''Esther'': Never KneelBeforeZod. Remain DefiantToTheEnd
** ''Job'': The nature of human suffering. Why do bad things happen to good people?
** ''Amos'': The true worship of God not centering on ritual but on compassion for the less fortunate.
** ''Hosea'': Israel's faithlessness in God presented as [[DyeingForYourArt real adultery]].
** ''Isaiah'': How God controls history.
** ''Jeremiah'': ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
** ''Lamentations'': The destruction of Jerusalem as a metaphor for the ruined love between Israel and God.
** ''Ezra'' and ''Nehemiah'': How Israel mends their city and their relationship with God.
** ''Daniel'': How God helps His people survive and prosper even when they are defeated
** ''Psalms'': The different times man calls to God.
** ''Proverbs'': Wisdom being the most important thing a man must have.
** Literature/TheFourGospels
*** ''Matthew'': Jesus as the Jewish Messiah.
*** ''Mark'': Jesus as the savior of the world.
*** ''Luke'': Jesus as the friend of the needy.
*** ''John'': Jesus as the fulfillment of God's work of salvation.
** ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'': The triumph of good over evil and the creation of a new world.
* ''Literature/TheTalmud'': Using our minds, we can find the presence of God in our daily lives.
* ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'': The conflict between the emotional sides of our personalities and the rational sides, and the importance of achieving a workable balance between both in order to find happiness.
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'': The fear that even memory is not safe from the tyrant's meddling.
* ''Literature/AnimalFarm'': The dreary cycle of old tyrannies being replaced by new.
** Tyranny is not something that is confined to one country or another. It can happen anywhere.
* ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'': The consequences of ruthless, uncaring imperialism on those subjected to it.
* ''TheTimeMachine'': The consequences and evolutionary directions of a society organised according to a strict class system.
* ''ThePrincessBride'': The nature of stories and what effects they can have on the real world.
** Also, the conflict between the idealistic worlds of fantasy and the struggles of reality, and what can happen when the two start to mix.
* ''PeterPan'': Childhood is fleeting so cherish those memories well.
* ''{{Dune}}'': How the descendants, and eventually the entire universe, reckons with a man's legacy.
* ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'': The conflict between people and the systems they operate within. Also, what constitutes family, and what causes them to thrive or collapse.
* ''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'': The nature of reality; is the world around us merely a dream?
* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'': The terrible consequences of playing god.
* ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'': Man's need for companionship.
* ''InterviewWithTheVampire'': Isolation. How one can be alone even in a never-ending sea of people.
* ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'': [[TricksterArchetype When is it all right to lie?]]
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': GrowingUpSucks.
* ''Literature/JamesBond'': The lack of difference in the method used by the DesignatedHero and the CardCarryingVillain.
* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'': GrowingUpSucks but not growing up is worse.
* ''Literature/TheOdyssey'': Man overcoming the forces of nature with his intellect.
* ''TheWizardOfOz'': The power that resides in all of us.
* ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': How do you deal with sin when it enters your life?.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': Man's ability to adapt to his environment. Alternatively, every Hero is the Villain in someone's story, Just as every Villain is a Hero to themselves.
* ''Literature/VolsungaSaga'': Being a hero is megacool, but it also sucks immensely. Or: Heroes, they don't grow old happily.
* ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'': Does anyone have the right to pass judgment on their fellow men?
* ''TheIdiot'': Is there a place left in the world for kindness?
* ''TheRoad'': Day to day survival as the greatest victory of all.
* ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'': What reward or punishment awaits you in the afterlife?
* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'': Dedicating your life to a cause larger than yourself.
* ''ThePillarsOfTheEarth'': The legacies parents leave for their children.
* ''Literature/{{Emma}}'': Never assume you know what's best for other people; you may not even know what's best for ''yourself''.
* ''TheGreenMile'': You can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped.
* ''{{Lensman}}'': War ''always'' changes. The most powerful tool in warfare need not be a weapon.
* ''Literature/{{Jaws}}'': The predators who take advantage of people in everyday life.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' - Can one contain his or her baser urges?
* ''TheNotebook'' - How persistence pays off.
* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': Sexual predation and the conflict between lust and repression.
* ''NoliMeTangere'', like ''TheWire'', exposes corruption within Spanish-run Filipino society. To try to create change is to invite disaster. It's sequel ''ElFilibusterismo'' is about the emptiness of revolutionary violence without noble aspirations.
* ''TheWitcher'' and its [[VideoGame/TheWitcher video]] [[VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings games]]: The world is filled with monsters, and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans are oftentimes the worst ones of all]].
** For her part, Creator/JKRowling says that the central theme is death: "The theme of how we react to death, how much we fear it. Of course, I think which is a key part of the book because Voldemort is someone who will do anything not to die. He's terrified of death. And in many ways, all of my characters are defined by their attitude to death and the possibility of death."
* ''{{Freakonomics}}'' claims to be an aversion - instead of one unifying theme, it has about half a dozen, listed in the introduction. However, they could be summed up as "Knowledge is power". Also, [[TheSwordOfTruth "People are stupid."]] The sequel ''SuperFreakonomics'' claims that the real theme of both books is that people respond to incentives ("Incentives matter" is their phrasing) but they don't always respond in ways that are obvious or manifest.
* ''{{Casabianca}}'': Innocence of youth and loyalty to authority (especially parental) even in the face of imminent death.
* The ''{{Belgariad}}'' and the ''Mallorean'' aim for two key points: friendship and faith. The former is exemplified when it's pointed out that the Light is always spread across many people while the Dark always works alone; the latter comes to the fore when it's made clear [[spoiler:that the primary job of the heroes is ultimately to replace a god]].
* ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'': The conflicts between 'happy' ignorance and 'unhappy' intellectual curiosity; can living a purely hedonistic and carefree existence truly be called living?
* ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'': Don't expect your creations to obey you just because it was you that made them. (This applies especially if you're a parent.)
* ''PetSematary'': It is better to let go of departed loved ones than to try to bring them back. Or as King himself put it, "Sometimes, dead is better."
* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'': Can revenge truly give one peace of mind?
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Long as there is life, there is hope.
** Redemption; specifically, what causes a man to harden his heart against the world, and what it takes to redeem him.
* TheCthulhuMythos: Humanity is small and inconsequential in the larger universe. The stories written by Lovecraft himself also tended to focus on Mans Hubris and the inevitable disasters that it leads to.
* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' and its TV adaptation ''GameOfThrones'':
** Is there anything else in the world more important than honor?
** How power can be lost as quickly as it is gained. [[DiabolusExMachina How victory can turn into defeat in the blink of an eye]].
** Is greatness something one [[HardWorkHardlyWorks is born with]] or something that has to be earned?
** What makes a good leader?
* ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'': Even those imagined insignificant can change the world.
* ''TheElricSaga'': OrderVersusChaos and how too much of either is bad.
** Same wih ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber''
* ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'': AllLoveIsUnrequited.
* '''[[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson Kidnapped]]'': Some causes are just lost. Fight the battles that you can actually win.
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': Whether a single evil act can damn a good man or not.
* ''ConanTheBarbarian'': The fine line between civilization and savagery.
* ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'': The loss of innocence. Or: Man's not inherently good.
* ''TheGreatGatsby'': Is the American Dream really all it's cracked up to be?
** Or, alternatively, all the money in the world won't make people love you.
* ''Literature/MadameBovary'': Life is no fantasy.
* ''Literature/MobyDick'': The dangers of pursuing an unwinnable quest.
* ''SherlockHolmes'': There is no mystery out there that cannot be solved with the application of logic and empirical thought.
** ''TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'': The conflict between the fearful superstitions of the past and modern empirical logic and rationality.
* ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'': The duality at the heart of man and the conflict between his loftier aspirations and his base desires.
* ''{{Catch22}}'': The fundamental insanity of war.
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': Never judge a book by its cover.
* ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'': The hypocrisy of the "nobility".
* ''Literature/GulliversTravels'': How Earth is a CrapsackWorld and it's inescapable.
* ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'': The evils of colonialism, no matter how pretty its dressed up.
** Specifically, [[DrunkWithPower colonialism corrupts the colonizer]].
* ''Literature/DonQuixote'': The world doesn't run on BlackAndWhiteMorality. Anyone who thinks himself a hero has got to be mad.
* Literature/TheBible is made up of several books with its own themes.
** ''Literature/{{Genesis}}'': God trying to get His plan for salvation right.
** ''Literature/{{Exodus}}'': Only through God's law can man have true freedom.
** ''Leviticus'': The rituals and ceremonies emphasize the gap between man and God.
** ''Numbers'': Faith can win over even the most difficult challenges.
** ''Deuteronomy'': Man can overcome his sinful past and bring about a redeemed world.
** ''Joshua'': ThePromisedLand is a paradise long as God's people keep it that way.
** ''Literature/BookOfJudges'': The cycle of sin in which God's people is stuck.
** ''Literature/BookOfRuth'': UndyingLoyalty.
** ''Literature/BooksOfSamuel'': God's special calling to man and whether or not we can do it.
** ''Literature/BooksOfKings'': Earthly kings come and go but God is man's true sovereign.
** ''Jonah'': You can't run away from your true purpose. TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive
** ''Song of Songs'': Love that was once lost can be found again.
** ''Ecclesiastes'': What should we really be searching for in this short life?
** ''Esther'': Never KneelBeforeZod. Remain DefiantToTheEnd
** ''Job'': The nature of human suffering. Why do bad things happen to good people?
** ''Amos'': The true worship of God not centering on ritual but on compassion for the less fortunate.
** ''Hosea'': Israel's faithlessness in God presented as [[DyeingForYourArt real adultery]].
** ''Isaiah'': How God controls history.
** ''Jeremiah'': ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
** ''Lamentations'': The destruction of Jerusalem as a metaphor for the ruined love between Israel and God.
** ''Ezra'' and ''Nehemiah'': How Israel mends their city and their relationship with God.
** ''Daniel'': How God helps His people survive and prosper even when they are defeated
** ''Psalms'': The different times man calls to God.
** ''Proverbs'': Wisdom being the most important thing a man must have.
** Literature/TheFourGospels
*** ''Matthew'': Jesus as the Jewish Messiah.
*** ''Mark'': Jesus as the savior of the world.
*** ''Luke'': Jesus as the friend of the needy.
*** ''John'': Jesus as the fulfillment of God's work of salvation.
** ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'': The triumph of good over evil and the creation of a new world.
* ''Literature/TheTalmud'': Using our minds, we can find the presence of God in our daily lives.
* ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'': The conflict between the emotional sides of our personalities and the rational sides, and the importance of achieving a workable balance between both in order to find happiness.
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'': The fear that even memory is not safe from the tyrant's meddling.
* ''Literature/AnimalFarm'': The dreary cycle of old tyrannies being replaced by new.
** Tyranny is not something that is confined to one country or another. It can happen anywhere.
* ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'': The consequences of ruthless, uncaring imperialism on those subjected to it.
* ''TheTimeMachine'': The consequences and evolutionary directions of a society organised according to a strict class system.
* ''ThePrincessBride'': The nature of stories and what effects they can have on the real world.
** Also, the conflict between the idealistic worlds of fantasy and the struggles of reality, and what can happen when the two start to mix.
* ''PeterPan'': Childhood is fleeting so cherish those memories well.
* ''{{Dune}}'': How the descendants, and eventually the entire universe, reckons with a man's legacy.
* ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'': The conflict between people and the systems they operate within. Also, what constitutes family, and what causes them to thrive or collapse.
* ''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'': The nature of reality; is the world around us merely a dream?
* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'': The terrible consequences of playing god.
* ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'': Man's need for companionship.
* ''InterviewWithTheVampire'': Isolation. How one can be alone even in a never-ending sea of people.
* ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'': [[TricksterArchetype When is it all right to lie?]]
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': GrowingUpSucks.
* ''Literature/JamesBond'': The lack of difference in the method used by the DesignatedHero and the CardCarryingVillain.
* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'': GrowingUpSucks but not growing up is worse.
* ''Literature/TheOdyssey'': Man overcoming the forces of nature with his intellect.
* ''TheWizardOfOz'': The power that resides in all of us.
* ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': How do you deal with sin when it enters your life?.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': Man's ability to adapt to his environment. Alternatively, every Hero is the Villain in someone's story, Just as every Villain is a Hero to themselves.
* ''Literature/VolsungaSaga'': Being a hero is megacool, but it also sucks immensely. Or: Heroes, they don't grow old happily.
* ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'': Does anyone have the right to pass judgment on their fellow men?
* ''TheIdiot'': Is there a place left in the world for kindness?
* ''TheRoad'': Day to day survival as the greatest victory of all.
* ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'': What reward or punishment awaits you in the afterlife?
* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'': Dedicating your life to a cause larger than yourself.
* ''ThePillarsOfTheEarth'': The legacies parents leave for their children.
* ''Literature/{{Emma}}'': Never assume you know what's best for other people; you may not even know what's best for ''yourself''.
* ''TheGreenMile'': You can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped.
* ''{{Lensman}}'': War ''always'' changes. The most powerful tool in warfare need not be a weapon.
* ''Literature/{{Jaws}}'': The predators who take advantage of people in everyday life.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' - Can one contain his or her baser urges?
* ''TheNotebook'' - How persistence pays off.
* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': Sexual predation and the conflict between lust and repression.
* ''NoliMeTangere'', like ''TheWire'', exposes corruption within Spanish-run Filipino society. To try to create change is to invite disaster. It's sequel ''ElFilibusterismo'' is about the emptiness of revolutionary violence without noble aspirations.
* ''TheWitcher'' and its [[VideoGame/TheWitcher video]] [[VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings games]]: The world is filled with monsters, and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans are oftentimes the worst ones of all]].
