Apple or orange juice

Which of the following expresses a central idea of the article “are our phones making us zombies? ”

“he did not want to look at the fish." what does this say about santiago's character? a. santiago feels badly that the fish died in vain. b. santiago feels sorry for himself because he's out too far. c. santiago feels sorry that he dragged the fish so far out to sea. d. he blames the fish for making him sail so far out to sea to hunt for him.

The prefix of the italicized word in the sentence is rather difficult