Question

Read the following passage and answer the question.

Just as an angler poised on a jutting rock flings his treacherous bait in the offshore swell, whips his long rod-hook sheathed in an oxhorn lure – and whisks up little fish he flips on the beach-break, writhing, gasping out their lives.... so now they withered, gasping as Scylla swung them up her cliff....

What is this passage describing?

This passage describes the way Scylla devours the sailors.
This passage describes how Odysseus prevents Scylla from eating his crew.
This passage describes how Odysseus gets away from Polyphemus.
This passage describes how Ithacan fisherman fish along the coast.

Answer 1

This passage describes the way Scylla devours the sailors.

The entire passage is a metaphor. Scylla is being compared to a fisherman. The fisherman is throwing out his bait and whipping up fish out of the water onto the beach where they struggle to breathe. Scylla is doing something similar with the way she plucks the sailors from the ships and devours them. Nowhere in the passage does it talk about Odysseus saving his crew or escaping Polyphemus. Even though it does describe fisherman, the purpose is as a comparison to Scylla's behavior.

Answer 2

I would say A, that seem like the answer