What is theme?

Christopher held the heavy bowling ball in his right hand. He stared down the long, waxed lane in front of him. He closed his eyes and imagined throwing a strike, the pins tumbling down with a loud crash. He opened his eyes, took a deep breath, took three steps, and then sent the ball rolling.  A thundering sound erupted as the ball collided with the pins, knocking them all down.





"Yes!" Christopher cried, running back to his seat.

          



"Nice," his friend Patrick said. "You're still like fifty points behind me, though."



Christopher leaned back in his seat. He was feeling pretty good. Then he heard a voice behind him.



          

"Hey, Chris."  A terrible feeling overcame Christopher. He looked behind him to see Sam. He and Sam had been friends since kindergarten, but Christopher had been avoiding him lately. Kids like Patrick didn't think Sam was cool.





"I thought you said you were too busy to go bowling today," Sam said.

       



Christopher shrugged. "I changed my mind."

         



 "Whatever," Sam said, with a hurt look on his face. Then he walked away.  Patrick finished his turn and nodded to Christopher.

        



"What's that geek Sam doing here?" he asked.

        



"I don't know," Christopher answered. 





What is the theme of the story?

From the story, you can assume that Christopher is 

If your story has loyalty, cooperation and lovein it, then the theme of the story is:

If your story has strength, will and hope then the theme is: