He would hang out no signals, he would take notice of none. He knew that a yearning glance fell upon him, now and then, through
a film of tears, but he refused recognition of it. Based on the information about Tom’s aunt provided in these lines from the excerpt, it is clear that Tom’s aunt is crying and looking at him hopefully
Tom is yelling at his aunt and making her feel bad
Tom’s aunt is yelling at him and making him feel bad
Tom is crying and looking at his aunt hopefully
The theme is basically brains over brawn, because the mouse continues to use his intelligence to escape the big and strong creatures that are after him, despite the mouse himself being small and frail.
