What is the difference between theme and main idea? a)theme and main idea are the same. b)the theme should be written as one word, while the main idea should be written as a full sentence. c)the main idea is the life lesson or message. the theme is what the story is about. d)the theme is the moral or life lesson about a story, where the main idea is what the story is mostly about.

What is the central idea of the "allegory of the cave"? a. most men live chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall, and trying to guess the nature of objects reflected by a fire. b. a philosopher is like a prisoner freed from the cave that comes to understand that the shadows are not reality, rather he understands reality by his experience. c. men who allow their experience to be shaped by perceptions and shadows do not know a better life. d. a philosopher must return to share the news of enlightenment with others who will not necessarily accept his good news. part