This is a simile as it compares two things using the word like. It compares her running across the grass to a cheetah chasing its prey, implying she is running very fast
D. the central message about life
If the question is how are they related, it is a total comparison.
This is the story where odysseus blinds the cyclops, correct? If it is then it is because he could out smart the cyclops and the other cyclops by saying "My name is Nobody" therefore when the other cyclops ask the blinded one who did it to him it will say "Nobody did" Odysseus then is able to get away without any trouble.
