Ayn Rand has written:
A novel's theme is the general abstraction in relation to which the events serve as the concretes.
For instance, the theme of Gone With the Wind is: the impact of the Civil War on the South - the destruction of the Southern way of life, which vanished with the wind. The theme of Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt is the characterization of an average American small businessman.
Write a story in which the events serve as concretes for the theme "the impact on a 7 year year old boy of his dog going missing." Set the story in your nearest capital city.
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