Which theme does the short story "the colomber" by dino buzzati support best?

The correct answer is that there is no escape from our destinies and that we should embrace them without fear.

The theme that the short story “The Colomber” supports the best is that there is no escape from our destinies and that we should embrace them without fear.

Dino Buzzati wrote “The Colomber”, a story that refers to the life of Stephano Roi and his father, a sailor. The father is afraid that the Colomber, a type of shark, could kill his son. So send him away. Once the father didz, Stephano returns to the sea where the obsession of the Shark makes him a good sailor. That is why The theme that the short story “The Colomber” supports the best is that there is no escape from our destinies and that we should embrace them without fear.

The other options of the question were, a) hatred leads to destruction, c) true love can overcome any obstacle, and d) the path of redemption is often deadly.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”