"he who goes to the countryside taking three meals with him comes back with his stomach as full as when he started. but he who
travels a hundred li must take ground rice enough for an overnight stay. and he who travels a thousand li must supply himself with
provisions for three months." which of the following ideas is chuang-tzu communicating?
a. preparedness
c. contrast
b. balance and proportion
d. traveling

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.