The universal theme is very important to the text. What the universal theme is, basically a theme that appears over and over again. In this case, the theme is to always respect and care for your family, because it won’t last forever. “I’m making a wooden bucket. When you and mamma get old, I’ll feed you out of this wooden dish.” (lines 16-17) This was the moment that the little grandson’s parent realized just how badly they’ve been treating his grandfather, basically the climax of the folktale The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson retold by Leo Tolstoy. However, in the poem Abuelito Who by Sandra Cisneros, the climax wasn’t too noticeable. Mostly, because it was a poem. These sources are about how you affect your elders and family in general. Both sources also show to always love your family and to cherish the moments you have with them but they also have some differences and similarities.The stories convey that the grandchildren love their grandparents and one way or another, understand them the best.
In Abuelito Who the grand-daughter was sad that
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A few of them are that in both, the folk tale and the poem, is that the grandfathers will both enjoy their lives. They both also include very informative themes and phrases to live by. Both of these entries show what matters most, family. In the folk tale, The Grandfather and His Little Grandson, the grandson shows the parents how badly and disrespectfully they’ve been treating a family member who can’t help it that he makes a mess. In the text, it states, “ They were ashamed because they had treated the old grandfather so meanly…” This evidence shows that the little grandson changed the way the grandfather would live the rest of his life. In the poem, it states in the text on lines 7 and 15, “...who tells me in Spanish you are my diamond… doesn’t live here anymore” This shows that even though the grandfather isn’t there anymore, he enjoyed his