Read the excerpt from the odyssey. “count up the suitors for me, let me know what men at arms are there, how many men. i must put all my mind to it, to see if we two by ourselves can take them on or if we should look round for .” based on this excerpt, what is the best prediction about what will happen next in the story? a. odysseus will make himself known to penelope. b. odysseus will battle the suitors with telemachus. c. odysseus will soon leave on another long voyage. d. odysseus will join with antinous in a celebration.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).