Am looking for the underlying theme of this short story. (ie: what underlying message the author is trying to convey to the reader) I need to later include textual evidence quoted from the story. I think that the theme has something to do with the event when Andy found his own identity- that it...

An old man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig his potato garden but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only son Fred, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament. Dear Fred, I am feeling pretty bad because it...

Farmer McDonald has 6 pigs to feed, but room at the feeding trough for only 2 at a time. How many combinations of 2 pigs at the trough can be made from 6 pids?