Which statement is true?

A.
Examples of short-story themes are friendship, happiness, or pain.

B.
Characterization and events in the story may point to a story’s implied theme.

C.
The theme of a story is always directly stated by the narrator or one of the characters.

D.
The theme of a story is the same as the subject.


(THE ANSWER IS B!

*someone else posted the same question on here and I don't want people to get the wrong answer as it is posted on the other one* :D )