THEME AND SYMBOLISM THESAURUS

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HELPFUL TIP:

Your story's theme is its central message to readers and can be reinforced with specific symbols and motifs pulled right from the setting. Additionally, symbols woven into a scene can underscore your character's emotions, establish mood, and even generate conflict. Explore your story theme thoughtfully and use associated symbols to do more with less.
THEMATIC STATEMENTS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOUR STORY:
In a catastrophe, it's every person for themselves.
In a doomsday situation, people reduce to their basest forms.
Nothing lasts forever.
Saving something always requires sacrifice.
Live as though every day might be the last.
Catastrophe brings people together.
There's always hope if you look for it.
Catastrophic events put everything else in perspective.

LIES (ANTI-THEMATIC STATEMENTS) YOUR CHARACTER MIGHT BELIEVE:
There's no hope.
There's no point doing anything if the world is going to end.
I have to look out for myself because no one else will.
No one can be trusted.
Right and wrong are now flexible.
Nothing matters.
Things will never get better.
I have no control over what happens. 
Nothing I do will make a difference.
It's better to end things on my terms.

CHARACTER TRAITS TO SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THE THEME:
ANTISOCIAL, APATHETIC, CALLOUS, CONTROLLING, COWARDLY, CRUEL, CYNICAL, DISRESPECTFUL, FANATICAL, FRIVOLOUS, GREEDY, MORBID, NAGGING, PARANOID, POSSESSIVE, SELFISH, TIMID, UNCOOPERATIVE, UNETHICAL, VIOLENT, WORRYWART, ADAPTABLE, ALERT, COURAGEOUS, EMPATHETIC, GENEROUS, HONORABLE, HOSPITABLE, INDUSTRIOUS, OPTIMISTIC, RESOURCEFUL, SENTIMENTAL, SPIRITUAL

WOUNDS THAT MAY SHAPE A CHARACTER'S PERSPECTIVE:
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CREATIVE WORKS THAT EXPLORE THIS THEME:
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NATURAL SYMBOLS FOR THIS THEME:
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HUMAN & SOCIETAL SYMBOLS FOR THIS THEME:
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SYMBOLISM EXAMPLES IN STORIES:
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