Lots of readers like to be spoon fed, and the theme is a handy ladle. It's when you try to pour directly from the sauce pan that you are Getting Beyond The Theme. The only time I have ever Gotten Beyond The Theme is on those rare occasions where I get a burst of creativity in class or at home, and the grades I usually get on these Creative Masterpieces are mediocre at best. I must have forgotten my parachute. Perhaps what I perceive as creative is nothing.
Most people make up their own point when reading a piece that has Gotten Beyond The Theme.
Sometimes a person can get mighty frustrated with the amount of lazy writers out there and soon begins to give each paper a cursory glance looking for the intro and the conclusion. He may have spent hours developing his idea and put it down on paper in a rather unorthodox way because that is how he felt it needed to be done. Surely not, if he spent all that time on his idea. Another two minutes with the spell check is nothing. On the other hand the teacher may be a good judge of character and can smell a rat.