Themes - CCEAThemes

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a novel by Roddy Doyle. Themes of childhood, machismo, family relationships, religion and education run through the novel.

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Themes

Paddy Clarke Themes

A theme is an idea that runs through a text. A text may have one theme or many.

Understanding the themes makes the text more than just a text - it becomes something more significant because we're encouraged to work out what lies beneath its surface.