Theme

The theme of a story is the main message that is being sent in the story. Its the main idea of a story.

The Witch: In the story "The Witch" the theme would be don't trust people you don't trust people you don't know. The man said his sister was a witch but he ends up killing her and the little boy in the end thinks he's the witch because of what he did to his sister.

Dr.Heideggers experiment: The theme of this story is how he Dr.Heidegger try to get his friends to go back and change their past. but they end up staying the same as they where when they were young.