Vocab for a 4th grader please help!

By comparing part 1 and 2 of polar opposites what does it mean by polar opposites

Before odysseus talks about the lotus-eaters and the cyclops, what other events does he refer to? a. the advances of suitors that his wife penelope must fend off b. the attack by poseidon on his ship c. the attack and raid on the land of the cicones d. the nights he spent inside the trojan horse

How did rick respond to this conflict