Consider the topics of redemption and forgiveness in The Hiding Place. 1. Pick one to consider: either redemption or forgiveness. 2. Ask yourself, "What does The Hiding Place say about the topic of redemption or forgiveness?" 3. Using your answer to the above question, describe a key theme in The Hiding Place that relates to the topic of redemption or forgiveness. Remember, a theme is the message a literary work sends about a topic. "Greed" is a topic, but a theme based on this topic would be "Greed leads to misery, not happiness." 4. Turn your theme into a full-sentence topic sentence: "A key theme in The Hiding Place is _____________ because _______________________________." 5. Develop your topic sentence into a strong 5-7 sentence paragraph using at least three examples from the book. Please remember that you may not use your book or any notes, outside sources, etc. to answer any question on a test.