A slice of life is turned into a fully realized experience to support some abstract idea, which the entire story plays on in variation. Unlike real life with its share of irrelevant details, literature is more real than life itself. This is because good literature distills from life its essence by concentrating only on the relevant. Consequently, it can be a dynamic learning tool for students and, when properly presented, a profound influence on their intellectual development. Selectively chosen and carefully integrated, these four parts make it possible for a story to unfold.
Theme is the basic idea moving a story.
It may be philosophical, a generalization, or a historical view. No restrictions are made as to what the theme must be. But no good novel can be without it, for it determines the material selected to dramatize a point. Since all good stories are dramatization of events, literature must have purposeful action, structured logically, connecting events progressively to a resolution or climax. What characters are introduced, what moments are developed, what views are presented, what dialogue is featured are all carefully determined by the theme .