Read the excerpt from part 4 of the odyssey. i happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs, dangling high overhead. voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time. a man surfcasting on a point of rock for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop the sinker and the bait far out, will hook a fish and rip it from the surface to dangle wriggling through the air: so these were borne aloft in spasms toward the cliff. which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt? a. odysseus’s men are compared to fishermen, showing their resourcefulness. b. odysseus’s men are compared to fishermen, showing their love of the sea. c. odysseus’s men are compared to caught fish, showing their history. d. odysseus’s men are compared to caught fish, showing their.

d.Odysseus's men are compared to caught fish, showing their helplessness.

Explanation:

i happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs, dangling high overhead. voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time. a man surfcasting on a point of rock for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop the sinker and the bait far out, will hook a fish and rip it from the surface to dangle wriggling through the air: so these were borne aloft in spasms toward the cliff. which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt?

Take a look at the excerpt again, it can be shown that the line

i happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs, dangling high overhead. voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time.

Showed that they were helpless like when a man is catch a fish with a fishing hook. The fish becomes helpless as it cannot rescue itself after been caught.

answer: no u

explanation:

no u