In the book "1984", Winston Smith, in the dystopian future of Oceania, works for the government, also known as Big Brother. Big brother tightly prohibits everything, including free thought, intimate relationships, free thought, individuality, and does it through propaganda, including language (called Newspeak) and even the written history of Oceania. Winston Smith is slowly becoming disillusioned with Big brother, and keeps his thoughts in a journal (which he obtains illegally). He also begins a romantic relationship with a woman named Julia, which he knows if he is discovered, will result in his arrest and execution. What could be a theme of this story?

In "The Odyssey", after fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus is forced to journey for ten years, unable to get home, while fighting monsters and other mythical creatures, all the while his wife and son have to fight off potential suitors and people intending to cause harm because her husband is away. What could be a theme?

In "Lord of the Flies", a group of young male students find themselves crashed on a deserted island. While at first they create something of a civilization involving laws and organization, a certain few become corrupted and violent. What could be a theme of this story?

In the "Lord of the Rings", Frodo Baggins and his Hobbits must take the one ring to Mordor to destroy it, while Gandalf the Grey, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli and the Fellowship try to keep the forces of evil led by Sauron, Saruman, and their respective Orc armies try to obtain the ring to plunge Middle Earth into ruin.

In the film "The Terminator", Skynet sends back a T-101 Cybernetic Organism from the year 2029 to the year 1984 in order to find and terminate John Conner, who is destined to lead the Human Resistance during the War between humans and the machines. In turn, John Conner send back Kyle Reese (who is actually his father) to protect his mother, a waitress named Sarah Conner. In order to ensure the resistance survives, Kyle Reese must terminate the Terminator (it's a great flick, trust me). What could be a theme to this story?

In the film "Blade Runner", Rick Deckard is an LAPD officer who specializes in "retiring" rogue replicants, or genetically engineered human slaves built by the Tyrell Corporation. He is tasked with tracking down and retiring four rogue replicants who have begun a rebellion off-world, Roy Batty, Pris, Leon and Zhora, who have returned to earth in order to find their creator to extend their lifespan. Deckard, in the process, meets Rachel, who is a replicant herself (but doesn't know it), and while hunting down the rogue four, falls in love with her and faces the dilemma of doing his job or defying his orders. What's the theme?