Read the words below and answer the question that follows.

cruelty, respect, option, kindness

which theme can you develop from all the key ideas above?

kindness is impossible to demonstrate when encountering disrespect.
to remain in power, it is important to use cruel tactics.
when faced with extreme cruelty, a person can still choose to remain human.
desiring compassion from others is the easiest way to lose friends.

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief