Which of the following assertions best applies to this excerpt?
A. People are too preoccupied with getting into heaven, so they waste their money on religious
endeavors.
B. People no longer understand and appreciate the proper value of money.
C. Society has lost all respect for the arts, replacing creative pursuits with monetary ones.
D. Society must return to working closely with the earth and in nature in order to be happy.
E. People have become lazy and unethical in pursuit of business.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided

What theme is best revealed by this conflict? a.)with cooperation, crews can defeat the gods. b.)dangerous ocean travel claims many lives. c.)rest is required for all who work hard. d.)people must respect the wrath of the gods. read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey. now zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships and driving veils of the squall moved down like night on land and sea. the bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed outstrips in the big wind. we saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore.