What is the main idea/theme of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"? Refer to O'Conner's use of two of the following devices in your response: point-of-view, characterization, imagery, irony, or archetypes.

hey u think u can me with a summary? ?

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.