Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.'O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands?How do you like the beating that we gave you,you damned cannibal? Eater of guestsunder your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!'

Odysseus taunts the Cyclops, boasting about the beating he and his companions gave him and calling him a cannibal. This shows pride and overconfidence: even after escaping, Odysseus risks provoking the powerful Cyclops instead of staying quiet. The best choice is “is prideful and overly confident.”

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