What is the theme of the story condensed milk?

Varlam Sharlamov was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor. He was imprisoned a few times in forced-labor camps in the arctic region of Kolyma. He wrote a lot of short stories about his experiences in these camps, one of them is the short story "Condensed Milk".

The story is written in the first point of view, it is an episode of a Russian prisoner's life. The main theme is the description of the emptiness of a prisoner's life before death. He craved for material satisfaction to lessen the empty, scorched feeling inside. All the prisoner wanted is to escape, but what he was offered by an old acquaintance is the escape in the form of condensed milk. The condensed milk is a symbol of the last joy in the midst of impending death.

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The theme of the story is emotional survival.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i would have to say "a" or "d".