At the end of her aunts story in story teller, the older girls asks whether the girl in the story would have been rescued even if she had not been good. What does she seem to think is the theme of her aunts story. What detail in the aunts story leads her to think so?

What does she seem to think is the theme of her aunt's story?

The older girl seems to think the theme of her aunt's story is that only people who are good are saved when they are in danger.

What detail in the aunts story leads her to think so?

According to the narrator, in the story told by the aunt, the people who save the little girl all admire how good she is. Therefore, the niece concludes that it is due to her goodness that the girl is saved.

Because she was so good,  she made a lot of friends, and was finally saved  from a wild bull by people who admired how  good she was.

“Would they have saved her if she hadn’t  been good?” demanded the older of the little  girls. That was exactly the question the bachelor  wanted to ask.

Explanation:

In "The Storyteller", by Saki, the aunt is trying to keep her nieces and nephew quiet while on a train ride. Since the aunt thinks they are misbehaving, she decides to tell them a story that will teach them a moral lesson.

In her story, a little girl who is known and admired for being good is saved while in danger. What the aunt is trying to accomplish here is to convey the idea that good people are rewarded by their goodness. However, she chooses a bad example, and is easily cornered by one of her nieces. The girl finds it strange that the people in the story would only save the girl because she is good, and not because it is the right thing to do. As a matter of fact, the aunt's thinking is so flawed that this would make those people bad, since they are choosing whom to save according to their liking.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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