The most important theme in the short story, "The Tigers Heart" is power. The main character in this story is more powerful than everyone else because he has something they do not. In order to maintain this power, he is forced to cover up his own bravery. This is a story about a man who, asked to hunt a tiger with a rifle, kills it with a machete and covers it up to protect his …showed first 75 words of 488 total…

…showed last 75 words of 488 total…blade into the beast's throat, so that's what he did. The tiger died almost instantly. Pepe then took the rifle and blew a hole through the tiger's neck-hiding the stab wound- for he knew that the man with a rifle stays in power. As you can see power is indeed an important theme in this short story. At the end of this story our main character remains in power because of his act of disillusionment.