Which statement best explains why harburg believed that “brother, can you spare a dime? ” was a legitimate question rather than the plea of a chronic beggar? some people had more money than others, so it was reasonable to ask them to share with the poor. people had made an investment in the country through their actions and expected to be suitably rewarded. food was inexpensive during the depression because of the dust bowl, so a dime could buy a full meal. during the depression, everyone in a breadline needed a dime to pay for a loaf of bread.

But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy – you put me down with wine, you blinded me. come back, odysseus, and i'll treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you – his son i am, for he by his avowal fathered me, and, if he will, he may heal me of this black wound – he and no other of all the happy gods or mortal men.' few words i shouted in reply to him: 'if i could take your life i would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! the god of earthquake could not heal you there! ' at this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed poseidon: 'o hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home -the odyssey, homer what motivates cyclops to ask poseidon to interfere with odysseus's journey home?