Then i sent out two picked men and a runnerto learn what race of men that land sustained.  they fell in, soon enough, with lotus-eaters, who showed no will to do us harm, onlyoffering the sweet lotus to our friends—but those who ate this honeyed plant, the lotus, never cared to report, nor to return: they longed to stay forever, browsing on  that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland. which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt? the men sent by odysseus to investigate the land they had landed upon became forgetful after eating lotus plants. the lotus-eaters meant no harm and simply offered the lotus plant to odysseus’s men as a gesture of kindness. the lotus was a sweet plant that made men forget everything except the idea of obtaining and eating more lotus plants. the men sent ashore by odysseus were swayed by the hospitality of the lotus-eaters and abandoned the idea of returning home

the correct answer is: The Lotus was a sweet plant that made men forget everything except the idea of obtaining and eating more Lotus plants.

It is understood that the men who went to this land, tasted the plant, were forgotten, and did not want to return. They just wanted to be there, enjoying the wonders of that plant.

D) The men sent ashore by Odysseus were swayed by the hospitality of the Lotus-Eaters and abandoned the idea of returning home

well if you have a lion for example it will kill you and that's why you shouldn't have and exotic animal

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!