Read the following passage and answer the question.

i drove my weight on it from above and bored it home
as a shipwright bores his beam with a shipwright's drill
that men below, whipping the strap back and forth, whirl
and the drill keeps twisting faster, never stopping –

which of odysseus' character traits is being compared to a shipwright's drill in this passage?

his strength
his cleverness
his courage
his loyalty

In this passage, the character trait from Odysseus that is being compared to a shipwright's drill is his strength.

The passage provides a description of how Odysseus defeated the Cyclops. It mentions that he put all his weight to drive the ax into the Cyclopes eye. An evidence of his strength is present in the following quote: "I drove my weight on it from above".

the main character of "the secret life of walter mitty" retreats into a false pretense as a means escape from his mundane reality -- this is a flagrant issue seen in societies abroad, typically found in young adults and it is robbing our youths of their childhood.

explanation:

a thesis -- a well developed, formal thesis is required to be one sentence long. there are many themes in "the secret life of walter mitty" and i had resolved to give you one of the simpler ones while still honing it with class.