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I means that freedom comes at a cost. You have to fight for it. In order for the US to win freedom from Britain we went into war, people lives were lost, but we earned out freedom.
Pre is a prefix, for sure.
I would say that the best theme to address those key points listed, would be: A. Feeling hopeless is unreasonable when faced with challenges. In other words, we shouldn't feel as if the end of that world is at hand, just because challenges and tests come our way. That is to be expected. Hope that helps.