There is power in collective action as the one mouse could do nothing to the cat. But the one cat could do nothing to the dog, but 34 mice could because there is power in collective action.
Answer:
There is power in collective action.
Explanation:
→The only theme that would make sense in the following answers is "there is power in collective action." The theme of this section is this because in the excerpt, the cat had laughed at the mouse, when it had told them that if the cat was in danger the mice would save them. The cat then saved the mouse, which also shows how collective action has more power. Then later, the cat gets rescued by dozens of mice, showing how the cat wasn't able to do anything by itself, and needed the help of the dozens of mice.
→The 2nd and 3rd answer choices can easily be eliminated, since they don't fit the "moral" of the short excerpt.
→The last answer choice can be eliminates since although this may be a true statement of how "there is competition for survival," it isn't a moral/lesson that you can learn, which identifies as a theme.
The correct answer is, "There is power in collective action."
