Question

What is the implied theme of the story of midnight collector

Answer 1

Answer:

The writer can explicitly state the theme in the short story, or the writer can implicitly suggest a theme through the title of the story, setting, plot, conflict, actions or mind of the main character. Most short stories have a theme, implied, embodied, or explicitly suggested by the writer.

Answer 2

Answer:

Palanca winner (1994), Palanca judge (2001); member, Manila Critics Circle, and judge in the National Book Awards.

Theme:

• The writer can explicitly state the theme in the short story, or the writer can implicitly suggest a theme through the title of the story, setting, plot, conflict, actions, or mind of the main character.
• Most short stories have a theme, implied, embodied, or explicitly suggested by the writer.
• In the movie Midnight Collector, a serial killer collects the faces of his victims as mementos.
• The "implied thesis" is that humans have this type of darkness within them and that it is possible to become lost in this darkness and never emerge from it again.
• The killer gathers faces and states 'I'm gathering faces in case I misplace my own.'

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