CAn someone please tell me what this means? Is the message of a book hindered if the vehicle is imperfect?

"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.

Ineed with another opening line. here's the idea: a girl got detention for something she didn't do, and had to stay afterschool until evening. she headed towards the bathroom, only to be lured away by distant music. she walks down the dark hallway (which lead to the auditorium) and saw a boy playing the piano, perfectly. i just need a detailed description of this. best will be awarded brainliest. you

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.