What is the major theme in this book?

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I think you might right. Conflict seems to be the major theme of the plot. I think it could be said about the whole series as well, just to have one word fitting more or less all the book. But also, thinking in more general terms, I think the series is also a great tribute to friendship and loyalty.
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Though there were many themes stated, I think politics and war stood out to me the most. Where there is politics there will always be war.
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nchoate12 wrote: 29 Oct 2019, 12:43 Though there were many themes stated, I think politics and war stood out to me the most. Where there is politics there will always be war.
Great point!! I agree.
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While conflict is certainly heavily present in the story, I think the motivating driver for the conflict is political power. All of the conflicts in the book were caused by the pursuit of political power.
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I can agree with you that conflict is a major theme in the book. However, I would give a vote for the "skills" of Jacko and Sarah to be a major theme as they were highlighted in the pursuit and capturing of the villains. Of course, these two complement each other. Without the conflict, there would not have been a need for the skills!
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Conflict is always a theme in any story we read, that is a conflict of desires, any story having a good and evil must have conflict. I think the think that moat stands out in this book is the war politics that was the driving cause of the resulting war.
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nchoate12 wrote: 29 Oct 2019, 12:43 Though there were many themes stated, I think politics and war stood out to me the most. Where there is politics there will always be war.
Yes exactly, here in the story politics was the reason that the kidnapping of Johnny Cook took place. It was the main motivator for the entire plot.
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And not only politics, I think this book offers other great themes of friendship and trust in the entire story. We see Jamie and Jacko rush to the aid of the Cook as they were auch good friends in Cairo.
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e-tasana-williams wrote: 22 Oct 2019, 21:14 Maybe I’m thinking of themes a little differently?

The first thing that came to my mind when I read the topic for this thread was the theme of good triumphing over evil.

Through friendship, collaboration, and the will to do what is right, good carried the day. I see conflict, espionage, politics etc. through this lens in this story.
This is a different answer than most of them here, and I guess it made sense about the good triumphing against evil, but I think most books have that same "theme". Although some books have it subtly, I won't, personally, consider it as a theme but rather the universal endgame of most books. :techie-studyingbrown:
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kdstrack wrote: 30 Oct 2019, 21:21 I can agree with you that conflict is a major theme in the book. However, I would give a vote for the "skills" of Jacko and Sarah to be a major theme as they were highlighted in the pursuit and capturing of the villains. Of course, these two complement each other. Without the conflict, there would not have been a need for the skills!
Rather than conflict, I think I would go with this as the major theme of the book. It would seem, as you've said, that this book was made to highlight the skills of the siblings. Every book has a conflict and that's where the theme lies. I doubt you could have a book that has no conflict. Even nursery rhymes have one. :techie-studyingbrown:
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Anna Maria 86 wrote: 28 Oct 2019, 13:11 But also, thinking in more general terms, I think the series is also a great tribute to friendship and loyalty.
I think this is more likely a good theme than conflict since it's always been prevalent in books.
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Conflict indeed
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Well I think I can agree that conflict is a vital theme as already affirmed to by many, but the political manoeuvres inherent cannot be overlooked.
The political interest of the main character and his associates also went along way in shaping the storyline.
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I would go for the theme of war and conflict. A better part of the book is dedicated to tracking and nailing down the criminal gang.
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I would think that main theme of the book is that need for learning skills come when there is a problem to solve and in this book the problem is the war and conflicts
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