THEME AND SYMBOLISM THESAURUS

WAR



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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:
War happens when diplomacy fails.
War is sometimes necessary to ensure peace.
War is never justified.
Some things are worth fighting for.
War will be the end of us.
War is the plague of mankind.
War destroys everyone and everything it touches.
In war, the innocent suffer most.
It's not worth the sacrifice.
Vice becomes virtue when the cause is a righteous one.
There are no atheists in foxholes.
War reveals what you're made of.
Beauty can be found even in the darkest of places.

LIES (ANTI-THEMATIC STATEMENTS) YOUR CHARACTER MIGHT BELIEVE:
Fighting for our way of life is the right thing to do.
Those who won't fight are cowards.
If the government says this is the only way, it must be right.
Winning this war is worth any sacrifice.
Enemy soldiers are evil and deserve to die.
We're better than they are.
There's no higher calling than dying for a worthy cause.
Nothing good can come from this.

CHARACTER TRAITS TO SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THE THEME:
CALLOUS, CONFRONTATIONAL, CONTROLLING, COWARDLY, EVIL, FANATICAL, GULLIBLE, IGNORANT, JUDGMENTAL, RECKLESS, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, VIOLENT, WORRYWART, ADVENTUROUS, COURAGEOUS, EMPATHETIC, ENTHUSIASTIC, HONORABLE, IDEALISTIC, JUST, PATRIOTIC, PROTECTIVE, SENTIMENTAL, SOCIALLY AWARE, TRUSTING

WOUNDS THAT MAY SHAPE A CHARACTER'S PERSPECTIVE:
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