Question

Read the following passage from The Womens Bath Although girls usually side with their mother I had a strong feeling of sympathy for my grandmother old age had caught up with her since her husband had died some time before and left her a widow and little by little her authority in the home shrank as my mothers authority gradually extended It is the law of life one takes then one hands over to another in ones turn but that does not mean we obey the law readily and willingly. Which of these ideas is most closely related to a theme in these lines

Answer 1

I feel that the theme in these lines has something to do with law, ruling, listening, obeying and being in charge. 

A few quote examples to help support this theme is/are: "...girls usually side with their mother...."

"...her authority in the home shrank as my mother's authority gradually extended..."

"... the law of life..." 

"...obey the law readily and willingly."