Where is the family ?

The excerpt above is from page 21 of harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j.k rowling. which passage represents a

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

What does the author use to example of his son's tribal education in his letter to the teacher