Fantasy
The protagonist’s mind is preoccupied with fantasy. The incarnation of the snowman, the house tour, and the night adventure are all fantasies in the boy’s world. When the boy rolls the snowball into a statue, he imagines that he is alive, and that is demonstrated when he gains new ideas of putting a scarf and a hat on him. At night, the boy’s daytime imagination is converted into an intriguing dream that takes him on an adventurer tour with the snowman. However, reality strikes in the morning when the boy wakes up and confirms that the snowman does not exist in realism. Therefore, the author builds the theme of fantasy through the boy’s imagination.
Grief
The theme of grief is dominant after the boy wakes up in the morning to find a pile of melted ice instead of the snowman with whom he had a great adventure with the previous night. After discovering that snowman is no more, he returns to the house gloomy and joins his parents for breakfast. The mother discovers that the boy is not in a good mood, but she keeps quiet. Therefore, the boy depicts the true emotions of children because they daydream and expect things to happen exactly the way they see them. Unfortunately, the boy is forced to accept a painful reality.
Friendship
Friendship is one of the vital themes evident in the novel. The boy and snowman form a great friendship when they first interact. The reader realizes that the boy and snowman are true friends because they appreciate each other. For instance, the boy freely takes the snowman into the house tour, and he invites him to the kitchen to have a meal together. On the other hand, snowman appreciates the boy's friendship by taking him on an adventure into the skies. The theme is significant because it shows that children do not have boundaries. After all, they love everyone without having a second thought. The boy meets snowman for the first time, forming a deep friendship. When the boy discovers his friend has melted, he feels sad for the entire day.
