Odysseus identifies himself to gloat and shows the trait of hubris that almost leads to his downfall. He also speaks his real name to further his legend, and to warn others of his strength and power
The answer is: A. to point out details the character would not notice.
The first-person point of view is a literary device that allows readers to get to know that character's thoughts, feelings and motives. Because the narrator refers to himself with words like <em>I, me, my </em>and <em>mine</em>, the story is seen through his or her eyes. As a consequence, it is not impartial and it may suggest features which are unknown or unnoticeable to the narrator. For example, they might not realize they have a psychological condition.
A man (or a human to be politically correct). In Greek mythology, a monster in the city of Thebes called the Sphinx would ask this question to any passerby and if they couldn't answer it correctly, the Sphinx would eat him/her. In the morning, the man is a baby and he crawls on fours. In the afternoon, a man is grown and walks on two feet. In the evening, the man is old and requires a cane to walk. The man who solved this riddle was Oedipus who, upon solving it, caused the Sphinx to fling herself off a cliff and commit suicide.
