theme and thesis in reference to Schindler's List

Theme: "What's it mean to be a friend?"
Thesis 1: A friend gives
Thesis 2: A friend takes

this is a story in which the main character, Oskar Schindler embodies the THEME instead of a thesis.

thesis 1 is embodied by the jews
thesis 2 is embodied by goeth and his commanders

schindlers goal is to make money, be successful, but overall be a friend

he witnesses jews thanking him and tries to ignore it. they make money for him for nothing,
he witnesses goeth taking money from him, taking his workers from him,

after each thesis is illustrated in relation to his goal, he knows how to be a friend...to give.  he becomes a thesis, he gives his money for the jews and gives them their lives and future generations a chance at life.

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now compare a story like this in which the main character embodies the theme and transforms into a thesis.  with a story like the big lebowski where the main character already embodies a thesis.  It's the writer who embodies the theme in this second story.  the writer creates two opposing characters both working toward the same goal.