What is the theme of the following story? How do you know? What elements of plot help develop the theme? Mr. Pig and Mr. Dog were relaxing at the food court of the animal shopping mall. Mr. Pig was eating a huge feast of pizza and drinking a large jug of fruit punch. Mr. Dog was watching him eat. "Hey, Mr. Pig. If you give me a slice of your pizza, I'll let you have the next bone I find." Mr. Pig declined, even though it hurt his stomach to eat the last three slices of pizza. "I'm sorry, Mr. Dog," Mr. Pig said between grunts, "but I paid for this pizza and it's all mine." Mr. Dog sighed and waited for Mr. Pig to finish. Then they left the animal mall together. On the way out, a hunter spotted them and gave chase. Mr. Pig normally could have escaped the hunter, but he was weighed down by the large meal. Mr. Pig collapsed and the hunter seized him. Mr. Dog easily escaped. Later that night, Mr. Dog returned to the scene. He caught the scent of something delicious and began digging around a trash can. He found a large ham bone with lots of meat and marrow still stuck to it. Mr. Dog happily ate.

The theme of this story is "don't be greedy".

We can reach this conclusion from the way Mr. Pig acts. He was selfish as he ate although he was already satisfied instead of giving some to Mr. Dog .

The elements of the plot that help us identify the theme are the characters, the setting, and the conflict. We have two characters located in a shopping center. One of them did not want to share his food because he had paid for it. Then he died because of his selfishness.

Explanation:

 The theme of the story it is the subject it is about. The themes are expressed with nouns such as love, death, loneliness, freedom, justice, etc., and some complements, for example, the impossibility of love at first sight. Theme should not be confused with history.

It is what you want to convey with the story you are going to tell, that is, what the author thinks about something that has always concerned all of humanity summarized in a few words or in a short sentence.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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