Question

Which of these is a theme statement?

The story had an impact on many readers.
A group of friends achieves success in the city.
Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end.
A woman and her children move to a new town.

Answer 1

Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end. The theme is where a character learns from something.

Answer 2

Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end.

Step-by-step explanation:

In literature, a theme is a message or life/universal lesson, often expressed in one single sentence, that a literature work conveys about a topic. And just as there are many topics in a single narrative, the are several themes. From all the choices, option "Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end." is an example of a theme because it's the only one that expresses a message that we may take as a piece of advice to apply to our own life or to other literature work.