What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey? the land of cyclops first, a savage kind, nor tamed by manners, nor by laws confined: untaught to plant, to turn the glebe, and sow, they all their products to free nature owe: the soil, untill'd, a ready harvest yields, with wheat and barley wave the golden fields; spontaneous wines from weighty clusters pour, and jove descends in each prolific shower, by these no statues and no rights are known, no council held, no monarch fills the throne; but high on hills, or airy cliffs, they dwell, or deep in caves whose entrance leads to hell. each rules his race, his neighbour not his care, heedless of others, to his own severe. the cyclops is warm and hospitable toward his guests.
a. the cyclops is warm and hospitable toward his guests.
b. the cyclops cares for his neighbors’ well-being and advice.
c. the cyclops does not follow typical rules of the civilized human world.
d. the cyclops can survive only in the deep, dark caves on the island.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”