Select ALL the correct answers. Which two statements express themes in the passage?
1.Personal depression must be met with renewed self-effort and energy.
2.The winter holiday season is never a cheerful time for those who spend it alone.
3.Applying one's best efforts does not necessarily guarantee success.
4.Happiness is not measured by one's accomplishments in life.
5.Life has a way of accumulating losses the longer one lives.

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.

the text includes parts of primary-source interviews with enslaved people to illustrate the difficulty of life on a sugar plantation in louisiana.

explanation:

a question like this requires the excerpt to be included in order to answer the question.