<span>debatable as to whether he or his accusers are better off </span>
<span>Creon would rather be shunned by his people than be told that a woman gave him a run for his money! Therefore, Creon is terrified of being shown up by a female. Creon's words tell us indirectly that he is very afraid of women.</span>
By focusing on the characters instead of the ship's sinking, Walter Lord emphasizes that the people on board were real. He draws the readers into their feelings and relationships. He also shows how they respond to ideas of the time and the events of the sinking. Overall, this paints a very realistic picture of history.
Pap is a drunk and is careless.
Why is he a drunk, because he gets "drunk as a fiddler".
Why is he careless, because that does not sound very safe to "clumb out on to the porch-roof and slid down a stanchion". Also he sounds kind of dumb to sell a coat for forty-rod whisky to get drunk. "traded his new coat for a jug of forty-rod".
The answer to your question is C. An ode is a lyric poem written in the form to address a particular subject ( a poem meant to sung)
