Forgotten Fire Themes

They say home is where the heart is, but in Forgotten Fire, Vahan finds himself wanting a safe place to lay his head at night too. At first his home is full of comfort and happy memories with his f...

You might think there's nothing to hope about when you're a prisoner in a war that makes no sense to you. And hey—you might be right. But we still see glimpses of hope in Vahan throughout Forgott...

Table for one? Vahan is all by himself in the world after he loses his brother. Sure he makes a friend here or there along the way, but they all die. This isolation defines Vahan in Forgotten Fire,...

Children are our future, right? Well, someone needs to tell the adults of Forgotten Fire, because, for the most part, they seem to see children as little brutes who need to be beaten, abused, raped...

After reading Forgotten Fire, we feel like we'll never have anything to complain about again. The horrors Vahan goes through are hard to imagine, especially for a twelve-year-old. Cold, hunger, emo...

Figuring out who you are is pretty much the bread and butter of being a teenager, but Vahan is no ordinary teen. In the beginning of Forgotten Fire, his identity is that of an innocent child, a you...

Forgotten Fire is obsessed with the concept of imprisonment—both literal and figurative. Vahan spends his fair share of time locked up, but he's also imprisoned when he lives in his old house wit...

A patriot is not just some guy who is good at football—it's a person who loves their country so much that he or she would fight to protect the rights and freedoms that their country values. In Fo...