In the later part of the semester, you read 1984, nectar in a sieve, or siddhartha. choose a theme from the novel you read. state the theme and explain it in the context of the novel. then discuss how the theme relates to readers’ lives today. use details from the novel to support your ideas. write your response in two or three well-developed paragraphs.

Siddharta, written by Hermann Hesse, depicts the life of a young man who leaves everything behind in order to find the true happiness in life, which, at the end, is found at the side of his lifelong friend, Govinda. The novel narrates all the good and bad experiences that Siddartha must go through in order to achieve his own nirvana.  

Once the young man leaves his home, he starts to wonder in a society familiar to him but completely unknown at the same time. He had spent all his life under the care of his family, once he steps outside of his house he is gone for good. That was a common situation for the rich citizens that live as if they were apart from society. We can even trace that same behavior to our contemporary societies were social classes prominently divide people within the same community. The only difference is that in the book Siddharta leaves behind all his privileges, something very unlikely in today´s society.  

what is a theme?

ans: the implicit idea of a written work of literature is called a theme.

so, the only theme of "birdfoot's grampa" by joseph bruchuc is that as a human being one should always remember the value of every life on earth.

the grampa is stopping the car again and again to save those little toads from washing away in the heavy rain is an act of kindness and humanity.

i believe the answer is: b. mr. head had a long, tube-like face with a rounded open jaw and a short depressed nose.

this is because in the un-revised sentence it said that mr. heads face was long and tube-like, and he had a rounded open jaw. this is not a very grammatically correct because of how it seems to drag on with the and, replaced with, with, makes it sound more fluent in the description.