Question

When does a writer often reveal an implied universal theme in a story?

A.at the resolution of the story, as the reader discovers how the story ends


B.at the same time that the action of the story begins


C.in the middle of the story, but before the reader can predict the outcome


D.before the action of the story, when the writer is describing the

Answer 1

Option D is the Answer. Normally the implied universal theme of a story is revealed just before the action of the story when the writer is describing the Rising Action.

Step-by-step explanation:

If we consider the famous story of Rudyard Kipling (a British author in the late 1800’s), Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, you can see that the universal theme is implied in the Rising Action. In the story, a young mongoose, Rikki was washed away in a summer flood to an Englishman’s house. Then he came to know that there is a snake family of a husband and wife in the Garden that threatened the lives of the residents, animals and humans. Rikki then fought the husband and killed him, which is the Rising Action of the story. Then in anger and revenge, the wife threatened the human family living there and they fight. This is the climax of the story. Then the wife was killed and the story ends.

In this story, the universal theme or the conflict in this case is revealed at the Rising Action, which is that the snakes and mongooses are natural predators and they will be in constant struggle forever. The Rising Action is always before the climax, and the universal theme is implied when Rikki killed the snake, thus defining the universal theme.

Conclusion:

In many stories, Option D is used in majority cases by many authors for revealing the universal theme; therefore it is the correct answer