Question

Write a well-organized response that identifies the theme you believe the author conveys through the selection. How does the author use characters, events and language to illustrate the theme? Use evidence from the text to support your analysis. (Story is "A Celebration of Grandfathers")

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The theme of the story, A Celebration of Grandfathers, was to respect the wise words of the elder. As the narrator in the story often ran into conflicts and difficulties, his grandfather always used his wise words to solve the narrator's problem. Due to the amount of experience the elders have experienced, specifically the grandfather in the story, the words or suggestions that they give out should be respected and trusted. Also, the grandfather was also a very calm and chill character, therefore, the words that he told his grandson would be spoken in a much more persuading way. Since explaining things in a more calm and non-hyperistic way is always going to be more effective than explaining things to a person with a furious mood. Themes can be interpreted in different ways, but for this case, i do believe the theme behind this short story was to respect the wise words of the elder. Due to their experience and the way the grandfather had spoken in the story.