Select the correct answer. what is a theme in this story? the lion and the mouse a lion was awakened from sleep by a mouse running over his face. rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the mouse piteously entreated, saying, "if you would only spare my life, i would be sure to repay your kindness." the lion laughed and let him go. it happened shortly after this that the lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. the mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming, "you ridiculed the idea that i could ever you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a mouse to a lion." a. friends should each other out. b. good deeds are always rewarded. c. love can you conquer anything. d. it isn’t possible for people to change.

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings