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Alienation - The effects of, the loneliness of, to cure it.

Ambition - getting what you want, stunted by, thwarted.

Betrayal - the pain of, in love and friendship.

Coming of age - loss of innocence.

Courage - courage to deal with conflict, lack of, developing, conquering with.

Deception - how to deceive, results of.

Discovery - what does it take to discover new places, inner meaning, strength, even treasure.

Escape - from life, routine, prison, family pressures.

Death - how to escape, facing, what happens after, consequences of.

Fear - driven by, dealing with, conquering.

Freedom - loss of, gaining, handling, fight for.

Good versus evil - survival of one despite the other, triumph of one over the other.

Isolation - physical and emotional.

Jealousy - trouble caused by, denial of, driven by.

Justice - the fight for, injustice, truth versus justice.

Loss - of life, innocence, love, friends, to avoid.

Loneliness - no man is an island, or hell is other people.

Love - love fades, is blind, can overcome all obstacles, can

Lust - for power, for sex.

Power - the search for, the loss of, what we are willing to exchange for.

Prejudice - racism, bigotry, snobbery, dealing with.

Security - the loss of, the finding of the need for, how we act when security is shattered.

Spirituality and God - the struggle to find faith, live without faith etc.

Survival - man versus nature