Read the following passage from the story: but grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the wallpaper, and before she even realised it was gregor that she saw screamed: "oh god, oh god! " arms outstretched, she fell onto the couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. which word best describes the change in the mother's feelings toward gregor?

as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

sadly it cannot chuck wood

evertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.

explanation:

the tale of “aunty misery” written by judith ortiz cofer , is a folk tale about an old woman who earns immortality by tricking death . the cost of immortality however, is that her life will stay the same. from this tale it becomes clear that death is a necessary evil and is inevitable in life.  

question: which theme is found in the tale of "aunty misery? ”

answer: a. death may not seem friendly, but he should be treated kindly.