Waaaaaaaaaaaaay to many words but I think it is A
They lost the desire to head home due to intoxication and addiction for the lotus plant.
The answer is A. The spinal cord
Answer: The answer should be these two parts. "...I had to arm wrestle with him for it." and "Then I tied all his arms and legs in knots."
Explanation: These are hyperboles because they are exaggerative. Most likely the person did not arm wrestle with an octopus. Although that would be funny to watch, life is not a Disney movie. Then again if anything he fought the octopus to get away but did not literally tie his arms and legs in knots. The character is exaggerating in order to make himself seem even braver and more courageous than he actually is.
The mentioned statement from Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal can best be described as hyperbolic and ironic. It is hyperbolic in the sense that buying infant flesh (and as implied, eating them) is an over exaggerated solution to the problem being discussed. It is also ironic because Swift is proposing to eat the infants so that they won't have to die of malnutrition and diseases.
