Answer:
Maugham may be exploring the theme of struggle.
D. Perform poorly at the piano recital. I read this last semester and I'm about sure that is the correct answer. hope it helps!
At my pre-school we used to do a rendition of the nativity scene. As an outlawed child I decided to not follow any of the lines I was given, when playing Mary or Joseph (depending on the gender). I picked up a stick that had a hole in it and made a squelching sound. The audience was confused about the unfathomable action that I did. When I got home, my mother, who was also the director, started to yell at me saying I had ruined her play. While I was being yelled at I can see the only bystander, my dad, laughing at this situation. That was the last time my mother let me be in one of her plays.
