Based on the contextual information provided about author stephen crane, what theme does the last sentence of this excerpt from his short story "the open boat" likely reflect?

Twenty years gone, and i am back again on my own island. as for my change of skin, that is a charm athena, hope of soldiers, uses as she will; she has the knack to make me seem a beggar man sometimes and sometimes young, with finer clothes about me. it is no hard thing for the gods of heaven to glorify a man or bring him low. —the odyssey, homer based on what odysseus says in the passage, what has he learned? humans can become like gods. humans are under the gods’ control. humans can change from beggars to soldiers.

What evidence in the excerpt supports schwartz claim? select three options

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?