The correct answer should be b. gets the audience's attention
This is called a hook. The other mentioned aspects are analyzed later in the essay.
Answer:
The traveler message is that happiness is a mutually exclusive emotion.
Explanation:
The Traveler is written by Oliver Goldsmith in the year 1764. The poem is about reason of happiness to a person. The happiness and level of joy is different for every one in every situation. This is the reason he has connected happiness with mutually exclusive emotion.
“He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master.”
And
“It would make him discontented and unhappy.”
to Lady Chudleigh, what is the difference between a wife and a servant? They differ from each other only in name.
So basically what happened is that the lion - the king of the jungle and a big creature - was annoyed by the little mouse and was about to kill it. However, he saved its life because he thought the mouse was funny and thought that the little critter can't possibly help him in any way in the future. It turns out that he was proven wrong by the mouse when it saved his life when was caught in the trap.
The theme of the story - as seen in the fable - is about not judging immediately. The littlest things in life will unexpectedly have a great impact in the future.
