Lines 49-51: pay attention to what balboa does when he hears the twig snapping. what does balboas reaction suggest about his character? what might the reader infer about the theme?

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.

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