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"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.

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demons that is dreaming which of these poetic devices is used here?

What type of literary device is demonstrated in this passage from the monkeys paw father and son