Odyssey

I can't come up with any good ideas to prove my claim that Odysseus shows tremendous caution during a dire situation.

This is my quote below
"O damned confusion! Can this be a ruse to trick me from the boat for some god's pleasure? No I'll not swim; with my own eyes I saw how far the land lies that she called my shelter. Better to do the wise thing, as I see it. While this poor planking holds, I stay aboard; I may ride out the pounding of the storm or if she cracks up, take to the water then; I cannot think it through a better way."