Can some help me plz?

"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.

Which sentence contains the central claim in "compulsory voting: an idea whose time has come" by tor hunter?

Of these events in top of the food chain which happens first