<span>B) He is not heroic
Mr. Flood's party is a poem centered around a modern man, he feels alienated and alone in a world that has become for him meaningless. However, how he deals with this meaninglessness is what grants him the title of a hero, an existential hero or a modern hero. H</span>e becomes a hero insofar as he creates meaning for himself in a meaningless world. Here is a passage that points to this:
"For soon amid the silver loneliness
Of night he lifted up his voice and sang,
Secure, with only two moons listening,
Until the whole harmonious landscape rang—"
"the relevance of the idea to your life"
When analyzing or writing a paper about a fictional work, you could analyze the symbolism and/or implications in the piece of fiction. In the academic setting, it simply doesn't matter if ideas conveyed in writing impact your life or not.
Answer:
it is to inform readers of how hard the life of a slave was and give readers a glimpse into the life of a slave and he they weren't cared about