<em> know this question is old but for anybody looking the correct answer is, My aunt Meena, a nurse in a busy hospital, is from California.</em>
Here "feeling sick" means to feel intense emotion that makes one feel unwell or nauseous. Hemingway describes emotional, rather than physical sickness. The character just doesn't want to accept the loss of his wife.
What is your first impression of Odysseus? Which of his qualities do you admire? He is heroic - hero of the Trojan War. He is loyal and wants to get back to his home
A. To create personification with the mountains.
B. To create a frightening or mysterious tone.
