Explain the meaning of this quote, "“The power of influence is greater than the power of position.”

Twenty years gone, and i am back again on my own island. as for my change of skin, that is a charm athena, hope of soldiers, uses as she will; she has the knack to make me seem a beggar man sometimes and sometimes young, with finer clothes about me. it is no hard thing for the gods of heaven to glorify a man or bring him low. —the odyssey, homer based on what odysseus says in the passage, what has he learned? humans can become like gods. humans are under the gods’ control. humans can change from beggars to soldiers.

Based solely on their titles, which contemporary novel most likely contains a mythological element that is also found in “cruel tribute? ”

If the story "two kinds " has been told through suyuan's point of view, what type of narration would be appropriate