Read the fable and determine its theme. in a paragraph of three to five sentences, use evidence from the story to support your identified theme. a lion asleep in his lair was woken up by a mouse running over his face. losing his temper he seized it with his paw and was about to kill it. the mouse, terrified, piteously entreated him to spare its life. " let me go," it cried, "and one day i will repay you for your kindness." the idea of so insignificant a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much that he laughed aloud, and good-humoredly let it go. but the mouse's chance came, after all. one day the lion got entangled in a net which had been spread for game by some hunters, and the mouse heard and recognized his roars of anger and ran to the spot. without more ado it set to work to gnaw the ropes with its teeth, and succeeded before long in setting the lion free. "there! " said the mouse, "you laughed at me when i promised i would repay you: but now you see, even a mouse can a lion."

In the previous fable the lion represents the pride of the big people, which in today's society could be represented through people with money and power (however, not always the people with the previous qualities are proud and despise the others, but can be used as a metaphor for the current reality) while the mouse represents the humility that exists in the small selfless acts we do.

The main theme of this fable is the appreciation that must be given to others, regardless of whether it is big, small, rich or poor we are all important and have skills that can serve others.

The proud lion fell into a trap and was trapped under the hunter's net. A small mouse promised to help him, but the lion laughed at the small size of the mouse. With patience and skill, the mouse released the lion by biting the ropes until they were broken, showing the lion that we are all important.

misty passage from the question

lennie

is very stupid, big and strong and sweet, he loves soft things

george

is smart reosponible and watches over lennie

candy

candy is an old ranch worker who has lost one of his hands in a farm accident. he's spent the best years of his life working on someone else's ranch, only to lose his hand and have little money.

curly

is the ranch owners son he is said to have vasilene in one glove to keep that hand soft for his wife

crooks

crooks. crooks is a lively, sharp-witted, black stable-hand, who takes his name from his crooked back. like most of the characters in the story, he admits that he is extremely lonely. when lennie visits him in his room, his reaction reveals this fact.

curlys wife

is lonly and seems to flirt with most of the men on the farm she does not like her hunband much.

1. the human rights issue in the novel is equlity the men in the story are poor and curly is mean to all of them as if they are just dirt

2. the first issue comes up when lennie kills the mouse

3. when lennies love for soft things gets in the way and he kills curlys wife as shes running away.

4. the issue is resolved by the death of lennie.

5. lennie suffers because of his death he will never be able to tend the rabbits.

6. the wording in the qoutations imply what is happening in the story

7. when lennies love for soft things gets in the way and he kills curlys wife as shes running away.

8.   the issue is resolved by the death of lennie.