But the ambiguity reflects a theme at the heart of "Fences": Rose's fight for centrality in her own story.
But Morrison has tested the patience of the West Ham manager, Sam Allardyce, with his attitude, which has reflected a theme of his career and reinforced his reputation as a difficult player to manage.
No other major changes are expected, officials say, reflecting a theme the president sounded on Wednesday in an economic address near Cleveland, that the country should "keep moving forward with policies that are slowly pulling us out".
An hour of songs and speeches followed a moment of silence at 11 21 a.m., the time the shooting started last year, and reflected a theme, "a time to remember, a time to hope," which school officials chose to symbolize a community united by the nation's most deadly school shootings.
Part of what she felt most strongly then reflects a theme she returns to repeatedly: that social advances she had taken for granted when she was growing up – not least, the decline of in-your-face racism – suddenly felt they were being rolled back.
America's "civil religion" informs national morality, values and character, Professor Bellah wrote in the Daedalus article, and reflects "a theme that lies very deep in the American tradition, namely the obligation, both collective and individual, to carry out God's will on earth".
"What can I say?" As American officials on the tour learned about the preventative detention program, one question reflected a theme that has continued to crop up throughout the week: What does the public make of this?
But while Obama's latest move may seem unusually aggressive, particularly given his reputation for pleading with Congress for bipartisanship, it reflects a theme that administration officials say will continue to surface in the months ahead of the 2012 election: the president leaning on his executive power -- and not relying on Congress -- to try to boost the economy.
This reflected a theme taken up at various points during the meeting.
