When writing fictional stories, authors often use various writing strategies such as a theme, the narrator's point of view, and symbols to effectively communicate their personal ideas throughout their stories. These various techniques are believed to contribute to the success of the writers' work and without them, their stories would be incomplete. Without a main idea or meaning underlying the literary work, also known as a theme, a story would have no true meaning (Dixson). A theme is the main focus and is what makes a true story successful. In order to emphasize it, authors often use more than one writing strategy to help reveal it (“Literary Devices”). Authors frequently incorporate the use of a narrator's point of view, as well as symbols to emphasize their underlying messages. The narrator's point of view allows the reader to see the story from a particular perspective, which often expresses the main theme the author wishes to convey. Objects that represent ideas or values ​​that do not have a material existence, called symbols, can also contribute to the underlying message of the story by creating symbolic meanings that are different from their literal meaning (Kennedy). As shown by the numerous readings discussed in class, we see that each author used strategies for writing a theme, a particular point of view of the narrator, but also a symbolism. Good examples that demonstrate the success of using these three strategies are “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner, “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. Although the themes, narrators' point of view and symbols differ, each author successfully integrated each technique into their writing...... middle of article ......Editorial team. December 10, 2013. Dixson. “Literature theme”. Theme in literature. December 10, 2013. Kennedy, XJ and Dana Gioia. An introduction to fiction. Boston [ua: Longman, 2010.King, Matthew R. “The Point of View in “The Lottery”” The Point of View in “The Lottery” December 10, 2013. “Literary Devices.” Literary devices. December 08, 2013. "The Lottery Narrator:." Shmoop. Shmoop editorial team. December 10, 2013. "Michael's AP Literature Blog." : Analysis from the point of view of A Rose for Emily. December 10. 2013 .