<span>C would be the proper simile. Just like taking a hot axehead and plunging it into cold water, Odysseus plunged the spike into the Cyclops's eye, leading to a hissing sound as it was being punctured.</span>
It's a source citation. The name Breenan is the author, and 142 is probably the page this information was found on in Breenan's writing.
Answer: the answer is not b
Explanation:
So I took the quiz and I chose B even though I was sure it was A, but someone on here said it was B. IT WAS NOT B. I should’ve listened to myself and picked A because it’s obviously A.
Borges's story The Garden of Forking Paths can be considered to be a three dimensional chess game for a variety of reasons. First, like a game of chess, a nearly infinite number of possible outcomes are proposed through the story (just as how a chess game can allow for a variety of different outcomes). Also, chess is a game of choice, just as the Garden of Forking Paths - both the story itself and the novel of the same titles mentioned in the story - allows for the reader to, in essence, choose their own design and strategy. Furthermore, the lead character\protagonist in the story is manipulating events throughout the story to, in essence, score a "checkmate."
