Which detail from the odyssey best shows that odysseus can be vain?

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a. he risks terrible danger because he goes to rescue men from the

lotus-eaters.

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b. he risks mortal danger because he dares to explore inside the

cyclops' cave.

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c. he risks grave danger at sea because he wants to sail his ship

toward home.

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d. he risks unnecessary danger to his crew because he wants to

taunt the cyclops.

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Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme