Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor. The epic simile in this excerpt shows how helpless Odysseus’s men are in the clutches of the Cyclops. how violently and uncivilized the Cyclops behaves himself. that Cyclops is enormous in comparison to Odysseus and his men. that there is no possible escape for Odysseus and his men.

The epic simile in the excerpt shows that Cyclops is enormous in comparison to Odysseus and his men.

Explanation:

From the excerpt, the Cyclops is described as clutching at Odysseus' companions and catching two in his hands like "squirming puppies to beat their brains out...".

This shows that the Cyclops is reasonably bigger than Odysseus and his men as he could grab at two grown men with his hands and beat their brains out.

battle of midway

during world war ii, it was the "battle of midway" that was the first significant us victory in the pacific, since the us was able to inflict heavy losses on the japanese fleet.

the use supports it by making it seem like the dictators are not bad to the people when the truly are.