Answer: d pi think its novel because usually in a short story theres the main charaters and the charaters that help them out for example in the book dorthy she has her and the tin man , hay guy etc and there main chararters beause u seem them most of the story and play important role for dorthy
Because of Odysseus's clever thinking, Polyphemus shouts out that "Noman" has been trying to kill him. This leaves Polyphemus blind. This allows Odysseus and his men to escape because of Odysseus's different thinking skills.