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The theme that stories can help us understand one
another is developed in "The Speech" in that "The theme develops through the author's depiction of how Samir feels different and misunderstood before giving his speech but feels more comfortable and accepted once he realizes that everyone has a story of their own."
The fact is that many times people worry because they think they have these kinds of problems that only they are living or these other kinds of mistakes. But when they talk to other people and listened to their stories, they realized that all of them are living something similar; not exactly the same, but everybody has challenges, worries, problems, aspirations, and desires.