Various themes were in this excerpt "To and Athlete Dying Young" by A.E Housman. It introduces the idea of home, effect of time, how pride and competition go together, how death brings us into a new destination. On a nutshell, it's not talking about a typical teenage life or an athletes in general, but different experiences about life from college years. In the end, it exemplifies the beauty of dying young, wherein challenges can be avoided.
The most correct answer would be D. <span>Inhabitants of Mars looked toward Earth for various reasons, some rather obvious. </span> The last sentence is textual evidence of this.