Answer:
The theme of Condensed milk is the prisoners' fear for survival against the hardships of the prison camp, deception, dishonesty and everyday forces. Sometimes the available happiness is greater than the better goal. Even though leaving was the better intention, there happens to be many dangers and threats, so the condensed milk would be the more available option that happens to be more tempting than the better objective. Varlam chose the Condensed Milk over escaping and recognized it was alright to lie to someone who he sees is likely to contain a bad motive. He deceived Shestakov for survival.
In the theme, everybody is attempting to continue to live and are at a state of mind that is desperate as well as poor. The author shows the theme of survival when he expresses that all should pay attention to themselves, everybody was lifeless and vulnerable because of starvation and hard work, people resented only those who happen to be more favored than the ones who did more body labor. The author shows his doubt to Shestakov, a more confidential captive, who requested him to escape with him and how Shestkov could manage to turn him in for the result of trying to escape. In the end, the theme of survival is supported later when the author drinks the 2 cans of Condensed Milk and tells Shestakov he is not any more accompanying him in escaping. He later discovers that the prisoners which tried to escape happen to be either slaughtered or punished to a trial and Shestakov has been forgiven for his mistakes.
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