Question

Neither reply nor pity came from him,
but in one stride he clutched at my companions
and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies
to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
Then he dismembered them and made his meal,
gaping and crunching like a mountain lion—
everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.



What can be inferred about the Cyclops

Answer 1

The author describes the Cyclops as fearless and scary.The boys are definitely scared of the Cyclops.The Cyclops eating the kids are described with imagination and unnerving features due to the "crunching".

Answer 2

He is most likely a merciless creature who has no guilt or shame in eating thinking creatures. The cyclops is most likely very powerful and perhaps very big as well to be able to easily kill and eat many men, since he was able to fit two men in a single hand. He is gigantic and powerful, but also beastly. The way he is depicted in this excerpt almost makes you see him as an wild animal that is "just doing what he does".