Question

Read this excerpt from "The Legend."

Let the night sky cover him as he dies.

Let the weaver girl cross the bridge of heaven

and take up his cold hands.


In this excerpt, the speaker’s wish for the man relates to which theme?


Dying is a natural part of the life process.

Everyone deserves comfort and love.

Life should be lived to the fullest.

Life and death are simply an illusion.

Answer 1

Dying is a natural part of the life process.

Step-by-step explanation:

The theme is the message or moral lesson that a story conveys about a topic that could apply to other literature or to life. The themes (There can be more than one) almost never are explicitly stated in the story, and we, the readers, must to thinking them through.

In the excerpt, some of the topics are life and death, and one theme expressed about this topic is "Dying is a natural part of the life process." because the speaker is talking as if they accepted the fact that people die, they calmly suggests to let things be and let people follow their way after death.

Answer 2

Dying is a natural part of the life process.