Theme Of Silence In Eve Bunting's 'Terrible Things'

Silence, a term defined by the lack of sound. The consequences of silence were not evident to me until I came across a story called “Terrible Things” by Eve Bunting. Bunting was able to convey to me how keeping quiet has the ability to do more damage than good. The story of animals quietly watching others get caught by the “Terrible Things” only resulted in most of the animals in the forest to be caught and taken away. The animals were only concerned about the creatures that looked like them, so when an animal that was not of their kind asked for help they were only met with silence. Silence is what caused the lone animal in the end of the story, Little Rabbit, to see an empty forest and wonder, “If only we creatures had stuck together, it