Alienation - creating emotional isolation Betrayal - fading bonds of love Birth - life after loss, life sustains tragedy Childhood- children reveal meaning of life. Coming of age - boy becomes a man Companionship- sharing life with someone. Conformity - industrialization and the conformity of man Death - death as mystery, death as a new beginning Deception - appearance versus reality Discovery - conquering unknown, discovering strength Duty - the ethics of killing for duty Escape - escape from family pressures, escaping social constraints Family - destruction of family Fortune - a fall from grace and fortune Generation gap - experience versus youthful strength God and spirituality - inner struggle of faith Good and evil - the coexistence of good and evil on earth Heroism - false heroism, heroism and conflicting values Home - security of a homestead 18. Hope - hope rebounds Hopelessness - finding hope after tragedy Individualism - choosing between security and individualism Isolation - the isolation of a soul Journey - most journeys lead back to home Judgment - balance between justice and judgment Loss - loss of innocence, loss of individualism Love - love sustains/fades with a challenge Patriotism - inner conflicts stemming from patriotism Peace and war - war is tragic, peace is fleeting Power - Lust for power Race relations - learned racism Sense of self - finding strength from within Suffering - suffering as a natural part of human experience Survival - man against nature