Read the excerpt from Exploring the Titanic. "I’m sure every diver dreams about the Titanic," said the speaker at the Sea Rovers meeting. "To dive down to that fabulous ship would be the ultimate thrill in underwater exploration. But she’s probably too far down for anybody to ever find her– far less explore her."

Why does the author most likely include this quotation from the Sea Rovers meeting?

to show that the Titanic can never truly be completely found
to help explain why he was so driven to discover the Titanic
to provide details about his interest in historical shipwrecks
to help describe how divers are different from other people

In tim o’brien’s chapter good form what does the narrator say is the happening truth

Which pair of uses of figurative language from “the caged bird” support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression? back of the wind; floats downstream his wings are clipped; his feet are tied the caged bird sings; the free bird thinks dawn bright lawn; grave of dreams

Read the passage below my men came pressing round me, pleading: 'why not take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, 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 offer – no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends. -the odyssey, homer what inferences can be made about odysseus based on his choice to stay and see the cyclops? check all that apply. a. odysseus does not care about his crew. b. odysseus is curious about what the cyclops is like. c. odysseus wants to see if the cyclops will give him anything. d. odysseus is scared of the cyclops. e. odysseus needs to show who is in charge by not following what his men say.