Read the excerpt from part 4 of the odyssey. there, as the whirlpool drank the tide, a billow tossed me, and i sprang for the great fig tree, catching on like a bat under a bough. nowhere had i to stand, no way of climbing, the root and bole being far below, and far above my head the branches and their leaves, massed, overshadowing charybdis pool. in this excerpt, odysseus is compared to a whirlpool. bat. root. pool.

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

1which is an example of a claim? a . . never give up on a goal or dream just because someone tells you it’s impossible. b people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. c a rude remark is like a piece of litter in a national park—the best thing to do is throw it in the garbage where it belongs. d 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. review the sentence. actually, we the chair in spain about 20 years ago. 2 which correctly completes the sentence? actually, we the chair in spain about 20 years ago. buy buyed bought boughten

Assuming that the character maydelle is a symbol what does she most plausibly represent