One theme found throughout the odyssey is that good leaders take responsibility for those in their charge.
which lines from the text best support this theme?

“the wind that carried west from ilium
brought me to ismarus, on the far shore,
a strongpoint on the coast of cicones.
i stormed that place and killed the men who fought.”

“i drove them, all three wailing, to the ships,
tied them down under their rowing benches,
and called the rest: all hands aboard;
come, clear the beach and no one taste
the lotus, or you lose your hope of home.”

he drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup, embossed, two-handled, golden: the cup was in his fingers:
the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death?

“spare your own people. as for ourselves, we'll make
restitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”

“I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships,  

tied them down under their rowing benches,  

and called the rest: All hands aboard;  

come, clear the beach and no one taste

the Lotus, or you lose your hope of home.”

Explanation:

This exception is an example of how good leaders take responsibility for those under their responsibility. In this excerpt we see that Ulysses decided to direct the men, who were on his responsibility, in the war against the Trojans, even if that prevented him from fulfilling his own will which was to remain with his wife and his son. With this he placed the fulfillment of the desire of his companions above the fulfillment of the desires of himself.

what is a theme?

ans: the implicit idea of a written work of literature is called a theme.

so, the only theme of "birdfoot's grampa" by joseph bruchuc is that as a human being one should always remember the value of every life on earth.

the grampa is stopping the car again and again to save those little toads from washing away in the heavy rain is an act of kindness and humanity.

just to , the answer is b on edge