Theme of "Lost Names"

Now that I have finished the book, I think that it is easier to identify the theme of the story than it was before, with only part of the book read. I think that the theme of "Lost Names" is that if you perservere through hard times and you really set your heart on getting out of them, you will be rewarded eventually, although sometimes you are rewarded in ways that you weren't expecting or wanting. All throughout the book, the main character has to go through many struggles and difficulties with the Japanese occupation and other things and he perserveres through them and makes it to the end of the war. He could have given up and said that he didn't want to go through all of that, but he didn't and he stayed strong and he eventually made it out. I think that this is a good example for everyone who reads the book too because it shows them of a real-life situation where someone made it through hard times by being strong-willed and perservering. They might read it and be inspired to be like that in situations in their own lives.