Which theme is clearly evident in these lines from the passage?

Why, sir, I've been so hungry that I have been glad to take the bones they threw to their dogs; and yet, when I was a little fellow, and laid awake whole nights and cried, it wasn't the hunger, it wasn't the whipping, I cried for. No, sir, it was for my mother and my sisters,—it was because I hadn't a friend to love me on earth.

gratitude
piety
liberation
suffering

Question

Which theme is clearly evident in these lines from the passage?

Why, sir, I've been so hungry that I have been glad to take the bones they threw to their dogs; and yet, when I was a little fellow, and laid awake whole nights and cried, it wasn't the hunger, it wasn't the whipping, I cried for. No, sir, it was for my mother and my sisters,—it was because I hadn't a friend to love me on earth.

gratitude 
piety 
liberation 
suffering

anonymous · Answer

suffering

anonymous · Answer

i think its suffering because he is hungry and eating the bones the dogs eat, and on the other hand, he doesnt believe he doesnt have love in his life, so i came to the conclusion that he is suffering.