The main or central concept around which apthors build their stories and the controlling ideas that they work to reveal through their stories.

the turtle carries new life, oat seeds, over to the other side of the highway and plants them there.

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

the answer should be a)directions.