How do paragraphs 2-3 demonstrate the different goals Tom and Anne have for their farms?

"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.

During the industrial age, what was one important way businesses told consumers about new products? through phonographs through telephones through telegraphs through catalogues

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me