Question

What is the central idea of "The Tiger's Whisker"?

Yun Ok is worried about her husband after he returns home from the war and wonders if he will ever be loving and gentle again.

Yun Ok learns from the hermit that to win her husband's love again, she must treat her husband the same way she treated the tiger.

Yun Ok asks the hermit for a potion to give to her husband so he will be loving and gentle the way he used to be.

Yun Ok spends months trying to win the trust of a dangerous tiger, so she can get one of its whiskers for a potion.

Answer 1

the answer is Yun Ok learns from the hermit that to win her husband's love again, she must treat her husband the same way she treated the tiger.

Answer 2

The central idea of "The Tiger's Whisker" which is a Korean folktale is based on Yun Ok who learns from the hermit that to win her husband's love again, she must treat her husband the same way she treated the tiger. So here the correct answer is option B. The point which the hermit wanted to put forward was that Yun’s husband would recover completely as she cared patiently just like the tiger did.