How is the theme worked into the Thesis Statement?

Question

Short Story by Flannery O'connor, "Good Country People".

Instructions: use the following short fiction element and theme sentence as part of your thesis statement structure.

Short fiction element: Imagery and symbolism

Theme: When confronted with true Nothingness, people who have a mechanical way of dealing with the world, often realize their lack of self.

MY TRY: Hulga’s farce of strength and arrogance is peeled away when her leg, the symbol of her strength, is stolen revealing her true weakness, helplessness. When confronted with true nothingness, people who have a mechanical way of dealing with the world, often realize their lack of self.

Is this acceptable?

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Forgot to add to instructions:
"I am giving you the them I want you to use as the theme sentence in your thesis STATEMENT. I am also giving you the short fiction element I want you to use as the main focus of your thesis. USE THE THEME WORDING EXACTLY AS I HAVE WRITTEN IT. The them e should be the last part of your thesis statement structure.

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First of all, if that theme is your teacher's wording, she misused commas. The second comma shouldn't be there: When confronted with true Nothingness, people who have a mechanical way of dealing with the world often realize their lack of self.

Just in case you wanna point it out in class and make her feel silly XD

To your question: This is a really odd assignment. I don't fully understand what you're supposed to be doing, but I guess you have to incorporate imagery and symbolism, along with the theme, into a thesis statement.

I think you did a pretty good job. The only thing I'm not sure about is that someone's weakness can be "helplessness." I think a weakness would have to be more specific like, "helplessness in the face of fear" or something like that.

Also, I haven't read that story, so I'm not sure if your first sentence is related closely enough to the theme.

Other than that, it sounds good to me. I see imagery and symbolism, and the theme is the last sentence, so I think you have it.