What is the message or comment on life contained in a literacy work?

Which of the following is a compound complex sentence

This passage from chapter 4 of story of my life is an example of which story of plot

Read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.