Major+Themes+in+Alive

One of the major themes in the book ALIVE is the idea behind survival at all costs. This can be seen throughout the book in some very obvious instances. One being the consumption of their fallen friends. There was absolutely no chance of surviving in such harsh weather conditions with so many people, eating only extremely small rations of chocolate and wine, so they did what they had to do. Some found this very grotesque and disturbing, but those would end up caving in forcing themselves to eat the meat. The "pro-meat" groups reasoning was that their friends souls have exited their body, and all that is left is the mussel and flesh which they once inhabited, this had to do with their religious standpoint.

Another theme shows that if you keep your head high, it will help others morale and motivate everyone to accomplish their goal.