What tone does Lovelace establish through these word choices

"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.

Alex barely reached the airport to catch his flight. but a minute later, he found that his passport was missing. he let out a loud groan and picked up his dropped luggage. as he walked through the airport exit, he saw his airplane soaring into the sky. the passage is in third-person point of view, which is revealed through the use of the subject, alex, and the use of the pronouns he and his. think about how much distance the narrator maintains toward the character. what type of third-person point of view is used? a; third-person limited b; third-person objective c; third-person omniscient

Best answer gets brainliest and 80 which poem is more effective and why? "on imagination" or "patterns"