The Elements of a Short Story

Short Story Element	What is it?	Example
Plot	Is the story	The relationship between the tree and the boy.
Theme	Is the main idea	show how we don´t value our good friends or relatives.
Conflict	Is the problem	The boy goes to the tree to ask for something that he needs and the tree gives him all.
Setting	The set of the scene(where, when)	The story was developed in the forest, during all of boy´s life.
Characters	People (who)	The tree and the boy.
Point of View	Message	Sometimes our relationships are more for needs and not for to share our feelings