in an essay identify the theme Helen Keller offers in The Story of My Life about learning and discuss how she develops this theme. Then, describe the narrator's character arc as she learns. Finally, select two strong words or phrases in the text and identify their connotations. Also discuss how these connotations contribute to the theme or the narrator's character arc.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey; 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you d(arn)ed cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, odysseus (a)is fearful of the cyclops. (b)is prideful and overly confident. (c)has been weakened by the cyclops. (d)has regrets about staying on the island.