Question

Read the following passage from “The Women’s Bath.” Which of these ideas is most closely related to the theme in these lines? * "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 mother's authority gradually extended. It is the law of life: one takes, then one hands over to another in one's turn. But that does not mean we obey the law readily and willingly."

Answer 1

This passage would most likely be associated with the theme of authority, in the sense that the mom (who appears more frequently in other passages) relinquishes hers.

Answer 2

The idea which is most closely related to the theme in these lines is:

It is the law of life: one takes, then one hands over to another in one's turn.