Question

Which plot element best demonstrates the theme that parents can’t always live up to the standards they set for their children. retelling of "a crab and its mother" by aesop one day, a crab and his mother were resting by a pond when the mother happened to ask her son why he always walked sideways. she said to him that it is important to walk proud and straight just like all the other creatures. upon hearing this, the young crab agreed to walk straight and asked his mother to demonstrate how to walk correctly, so that he could follow her. the mother crab tried walking straight several times, but all her attempts were futile, so at last, she gave up and apologized to her son for being judgmental.

Answer 1

The plot element that demonstrates the above theme is:

"the mother crab tried walking straight several times, but all her attempts were futile"

What is a theme?

A theme is the element of a story or text that carries the dominant principle that the author intends to communicate.

In this case, the dominant idea is the mother crab could not live up to the standards that she had set for her son.

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