C. Odysseus expecting great respect as a guest in a foreign land.
This best illustrates a positive cultural value of Odysseus's homeland of Ithaca.
This was evident when Ithaca still made Penelope's suitors welcome despite their unruly and ungainly behavior.
Discomfiture
noun. [mass noun] A feeling of unease or embarrassment; awkwardness. 'many MPs are secretly enjoying his discomfiture
True.
Figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, and allusions go beyond the literal meanings of the words
The gerund in the sentence provided above is backpacking. Gerunds are verbs in -ing form but function as a noun. In this sentence, it functions as a direct object because it answers the question "what". By this, we can construct the question "What popular pastime is being talked about?".
