New arrivals at one retirement community were told by its director: “you are like pilgrims crossing the ocean to take up a new life.” this simile implicitly supports the author’s assumption that those moving to retirement communities feel: ambivalence about the wisdom of breaking with the past. satisfaction at becoming independent of their families. relief at leaving situations that had become difficult. optimism about being among those with similar goals.

Relief at leaving situations that had become difficult.

Explanation:

By establishing such simile, the author wants to depict the feeling of relief pilgrims experienced when escaping from the religious persecution and complicated political scenario of their country. Of course, this was not the best way of leaving their country and also involved suffering, but it was much better than such harsh reality they had been tolerating in the past.

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.

our founding fathers introduced the revolutionary idea that each person's desire to pursue their idea of happiness was not self-indulgence, but a necessary driver of a prosperous society. they created a government to defend that right for everyone.