Final part of my English homework

Why do u think the boys care so much about being called by their nick names from the movie holes

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?