Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

tone, attitude 
and 
atmosphere 
are important 
elements of any literary work, which affect the reader's emotional response. The 
analysis of tone, attitude and atmosphere is a move towards the underlying thoughts 
and ideas contained in the work; it can be seen as a link between the surface content 
and all that lies beneath it. 
THE MESSAGE OF A LITERARY WORK THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES 
The plot with its characters, actions and setting forms the so-called 'surface 
content' of a literary work. The surface content, which is represented in. concrete 
individuals, situations and actions, may entertain and keep the reader curious. Some 
read only to learn what happens next. But a skilled reader discovers what lies beyond 
the surface content. In a literary work he looks for the theme. He understands all the 
implications encoded in the story. He is sensitive to the author's attitude towards the 
characters, events and problems in the story. In other words, he looks for and 
understands what is known as “the underlying thought content” of the literary work, 
which conveys its message. 

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The 
theme
of a story is the main area of interest treated in the story. There are 
stories on the theme of love, or love for one's Motherland; there are books on the 
theme of family relations, or on the anti-war theme. 
The plots of different stories on one and the same theme may be based on an 
identical type of conflict, as The Lady’s Maid by K.Mansfield and Arrangement in 
Black and White by D. Parker. The theme of both the stories is human relations in 
society, both are based on the conflict between man and the established order with its 
racial hostility, injustice and exploitation. However, K.Mansfield and Parker have 
embodied the similar theme and conflict into unique artistic forms, incomparable 
characters and events, and have managed to do it in a most effective way. The stories 
reveal different aspects of human relationship and arouse different responses on the