6. who is odysseus?
passage from the odyssey
i am laertes' son, odysseus
men hold me
formidable for guile in peace and war
this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim
my home is on the peaked sea-mark of ithaca
under mount neion's wind-blown robe of leaves,
in sight of other islands
oa a flat character
ob. a minor character
oc. the antagonist
od. the protagonist

Odysseus is the protagonist in the story

Explanation:

You can tell that he is not a flat character because in this example his backstory is described. He is not a minor character because later in the book you can tell that he is a main character. He also is not an antagonist because he focuses mainly on justice

the answer is c the speaker emotions

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.