The author contrasts two very successful high jumpers, Stefan Holm and Donald Thomas. What central or main idea is revealed by the contrast between these two jumpers and the very different ways they achieved their success? Use your understanding of this contrast, as well as your understanding of central or main ideas and supporting details, to summarize the passage and state the overall central idea. Support your ideas with text evidence.

The correct answer is B. The uncontrollable power of nature

Explanation:

Mobydick by Herman Melville is one of the most famous novels in American literature and it focuses on the captain Ahab as he tried to revenge and killed a white whale or Mobydick. Additionally, due to the nature of this narrative there are multiple interpretations on the whale, in the case of the excerpt presented, this mainly shows the way in which the whale approaches and with different parts of its body, especially its jaw attacks and destroys the boat while Ahab observe furiously, until the whale leaves and everything is a chaos. The ideas presented in this excerpt mainly shows men are unable to conquer nature as despite Ahab feelings he could not stop the whale and also show nature can have a destructive power that cannot be controlled. Therefore, according to this excerpt Mobydick symbolizes the uncontrollable power of nature.