1. After setting his alarm clock for PM instead of AM, Eric woke up late for school. In his haste, he forgot to pack a lunch or bring lunch money. Eric did not mind much at the time and figured that he could just eat some of his friend's food. During lunchtime, Eric explained his situation to the people at his lunch table. His friends were sympathetic to his cause, but they only packed lunches for themselves, not Eric. Katie offered Eric a small bag of carrots. "Yuck! I hate carrots. Thanks anyway," Eric said as he declined Katie's offer. Chuck offered Eric his milk, to which Eric responded, "Is that skim milk? Ewww…. I hate skim milk. Does anyone have any chocolate milk?" Some people at the table did have chocolate milk, but they did not want to give their milk to Eric. To break the silence, Ben offered Eric half of his egg salad sandwich, but Eric again refused quite rudely, "Egg salad is gross. Doesn't anyone have anything good for me?" But that was the last offer that Eric would receive that day. What is the theme of the story??? What happens in the story that leads you to believe this ?



Answer :

The story is about how unthankful Eric is. He received many offers from his friend, but just because he didn't like the stuff he didn't take anything. This lead to hunger for all day long. Sometimes we should be thankful for whatever we are getting, even if we don't like it. At least Eric's friends still thought to help him out. Now after this even Eric's friends would be hesitant to help other poeple who are in need for something. So basically Eric created problems for himself, and probably someone else just because of his likes and dislikes.

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