In the preface, Wilde makes many connections, outside of art, that strongly relate to our lives. Overall, I found that the preface made many arguments telling the reader to be open to new ideas and accept things that may be strange to us. The fact that someone is at fault if they cannot find beauty in beautiful things plays into the theme of optimism. There is a freedom in artistic expression that cannot be judged and allows the artist to do what they feel without fear of criticism. After all, it says in the preface, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all" (Wilde 1). I think that themes of acceptance and freedom of expression could potentially take place as we read the novel.