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Themes In The Bane Of The Internet By Ha Jin

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Theme differs from the subject of a literary work because it involves the author's opinion about that subject. It is more than just the moral of the story; a moral dictates how the reader should act. The subject of a literary work is the topic about which the author writes. However, the theme is an opinion expressed about that topic. [A keyboard on which is a red key labeled “Privacy”] Ha Jin's subject in "The Bane of the Internet" is Internet use. His opinion as expressed by the narrator is that Internet use results in a loss of privacy and independence. For example, if the character of Yuchin had not been able to blackmail her sister with the sale of an organ on the Internet, the narrator would have had "peace and quiet."Ha Jin's narrator

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