Question

Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey

In this excerpt, Odysseus is compared to a
O whirlpool
bat.
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.
root.
pool.

Answer 1

The answer is B!

Step-by-step explanation:

and I sprang for the great fig tree,

catching on like a bat under a bough.

Here he compares it like a bat

Answer 2

bat

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given excerpt, Odysseus is examined in contrast to a bat. The excerpt makes use of a simile which says ""I sprang for the great fig tree, catching on like a bat under a bough."" infering from the first person, Odysseus is contrasting himself to a bat that is caught in a trap with no means of breaking free. His situations are apprehensive, and his chances are few."