who are you? Where did you sail from, over the running sea-lanes?’" Odysseus begs that the Cyclops respect the gods and the customs of hospitality, but the Cyclops claims not to care about the gods or their customs: "We Cyclops never blink at Zeus and Zeus’s shield of storm and thunder, or any other blessed god—we’ve got more force by far."

'Stranger,' he grumbled back from his brutal heart, 'you must be a fool, stranger, or come from nowhere, telling me to fear the gods or avoid their wrath! We Cyclops never blink at Zeus and Zeus's shield of storm and thunder, or any other blessed god we've got more force by far. What cultural value can be inferred from this passage?

A. Monsters are stronger than the Greek gods.   

B. Humans are fools who choose to fight monsters.   

C. Enemies must be destroyed quickly and completely.   

D. The gods must be given proper respect and honor.

D. The gods must be given proper respect and honor.

Explanation:

The cultural value that can be inferred from the passage is option D which says that the gods must be given their proper respect and honor.

According to the excerpt, Cyclops was furious with King Odyssey because he told him to fear the gods or avoid their wrath.

Cyclops believe they are stronger than the gods, "We Cyclops never blink at Zeus and Zeus's shield of storm and thunder, or any other blessed god we've got more force by far" and does not respect the gods or honor them because he(Cyclops) believes they are far superior.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

no