Which phrase best describes an epic?

Is the most common topic that all societies share.

After the fall of saigon, americans a) were eager to explore the lessons of vietnam b) just wanted to forget about the war c)bought airline tickets to hanoi d)demanded that the u.s. get involved in "another vietnam"

Malayalm story 'kaalakal'by p.k bhaskaran. can you give the summary or can you say what's the chapter about? someone reply