PART A: How does the line, “we cling to our last pleasures as the tree clings to its last leaves” in paragraph 1 impact the message of the story?

A
It is a reference to the boss and how deeply he mourns his son.
B
It is a reference to alcohol and how people use it to cope.
C
It is a reference to life and the way people hold on to it.
D
It is a reference to greed and how it can lead to a man’s downfall.

The "Fly" CommonLit Passage

The line is describing:

B

It is a reference to alcohol and how people use it to cope.

Explanation:

It is a reference to a a person holding out to their last sense of hope that is actually not their hope but only a signal of their vestiges of life that they had but it would slowly fade away from them.

IN this story it is evident that such is the irreparable loss that has pushed the person towards alcohol and it is not something that is ever going to help them but only push their self destruction to another, terrible level of plight.

d. therefore pilots wisely train these cubs by various strategic tricks to look danger in the face a little more calmly.

c or d they are the same