“A man can be destroyed but not defeated”. Which of the following texts glorifies this as its predominant theme?

The correct option is The old man and the sea.

The famous quote, "A man can be destroyed but not defeated," is a central theme of Ernest Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1952 novella, The Old Man and the Sea.
This line is explicitly spoken by the protagonist, Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who has gone 84 days without catching a fish.

Santiago's epic struggle against a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream, and his subsequent battle against scavenging sharks, epitomizes this theme. Although the sharks devour the marlin, leaving Santiago with only a skeleton and physically destroying his prize and exhausting his body, they fail to break his spirit.
His struggle glorifies human endurance, resilience, and dignity in the face of inevitable defeat and death, proving that while a person's physical self or endeavors can be destroyed, their moral resolve and courage remain undefeated.