Help im on a timer ;-;

"now they have beaten me, he thought. i am too old to club sharks to death. but i will try it as long as i have the oars and the short club and the tiller."? this passage shows santiago's belief that a. he will never fish again. b. he is too old to continue fishing. c. man can be defeated but not destroyed. d. the sharks got the best of him.

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

How does the narrator describe her parents treatment of nnamabia following his various crimes and wrongdoings