The Old Grandfather And His Little Grandson Poem

Would someone appreciate being treated like they are the meanest person on the planet? Or maybe have a person 30 years younger than them treat them disrespectfully? I hope not. In the folktale “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” retold by Leo Tolstoy, the son and his wife treat the grandfather extremely disrespectfully and meanly. In the poem “Abuelito Who” by Sandra Cisneros, the grandfather is sick and the granddaughter feels like the grandfather’s former self is gone. An important theme in both of these pieces is, one should respect those who are old and weak.
In the folktale, the son and his wife treat the grandfather very disrespectfully. They act like he is a little kid or a prisoner in their house. This is proved in line 5, “He had to eat his meals in the corner near the stove,” The son and his wife scold the grandfather when he accidentally broke a bowl. Evidence of this is in line 8, “It fell to the floor and broke,” The grandfather tried to move the bowl closer to him so he could eat properly he was clumsy and the bowl fell and broke, this is not his
He assumed that they were giving it as a present to his grandfather, But his parents really did that to his grandfather so he can not break their glass bowls. This is revealed in line 11, “He would get his food in a wooden dish,” and, “When you and momma get old, I’ll feed you out of this dish”(16). Once the parents saw their son treating them the same way, they started crying because of how mean they were to the grandfather. They realize that they will eventually become old and frail just like the grandfather and that their son will treat them the same way. Evidence of this is in line 19, “They had treated the old grandfather so meanly,” At the end of the story, the son and wife start treating him the way they would want to be treated once they become