Read the excerpt from the odyssey.
why not
take the cheeses, get them stowed, come back,
throw open all the pen, and make a run for it?
we'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. we say
put out again on good salt water'
ah,
how sound that was! yet i refused. i wished
to see the caveman, what he had to
no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.

odysseus ignores his men's pleas to return to the ship. as a result, they face terrible consequences. how does odysseus's decision defy ancient greek attitudes and values?

a.) a great leader makes decisions that are good for him, no matter how they affect his men.
b.) a great leader listens to his men and considers their thoughts and opinions.
c.) a great leader has great self-control and makes sound decisions.
d ) a great leader takes risks in order to gain more treasure and learn about foreign lands.

i'm leaning towards c but i'm not sure.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next