# Themes & interpretation

Readings of the fiction: questions, tensions, and recurring concerns.

## In this subject

2 articles

- [M Theme Mercy and preservation A reading of survival, responsibility, and the difference between keeping someone alive and preserving what matters to them.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/mercy-and-preservation/)

- [P Theme Personhood and possession How can another intelligence be understood and protected without becoming something its protectors claim to own?](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/personhood-and-possession/)