Read this excerpt from "Just Another Sunday." He held [the antenna] over his head and whipped it in the air. Then he threw it toward me. It landed by my feet, and I bent over to pick it up. When I stood up, I saw Jay's dad coming toward us.

"Oh no," Jay said. "Hide!" We all hid behind the car, but Jay's dad had already seen us.

What does the description help the reader understand?

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.