She realized that her neighbors were made up of all kinds of people. They held different jobs, had had different-sized families, and had different needs. They all were just trying to do the best they could. What interested her was that while not everyone was good, they did all make a community Mr. Hall had shown his true prejudice. Ms. Jessica turned a blind eye to the hungry Bower kids next door. But my mother secretly left cookies on old man Smith’s door. And Mrs. Dourney Dourney always made time to say hello to passersby. Which common literary theme is best illustrated by this passage?

I think the common literary theme is "love" the mother shows love in this passage

where is the sentence at?

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.