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Language Arts - Behr / Module 4: Speak for Yourself
4. Unlike fairy tales and other children's stories, modern short stories often seem to express multiple themes-not just one. Why is that?
Modern short stories are long enough to develop many separate ideas.
Different readers tend to focus on different elements of the story.
Fairy tales were written long ago, before human nature was complicated.
O Themes are a matter of opinion, based on the reader's personal beliefs.