what comes next has to be about the 2 "hostages". It can't be about the traffic that is holding them hostage. If this sentence was handed to any English teacher, they would immediate get their red pens out and write "This is a misplaced participial phrase"
It's sort of like the example my English gave us when I was in high school. She said, "Running up a tree, I saw a squirrel." Then she asked us to write what thought was running up the tree. She got some pretty interesting answers.
Percy realizes that the voice wants him to steal the lightening bolt. He also realizes that the voice isn't trying to pull him into the chasm, but rather pull itself out.
Explanation:
From Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” discusses the choices that a person may face in his life. The tone of the poem is serious and does not necessarily have an optimistic outlook. On the other hand, the poem is not about good and evil. It is about selecting the right approach to life through making decisions.