How do claws help hawks survive?

How an owls sharp claws help it hunt is by sayings hey dude i gonna kill you!" then glides towards its prey and starts to stab it with a knife......... .lol jk! it helps by making it lunge into its prey skin which hurts it then starts clawing its prey until the prey lies down or something like that then with the owls beak it pecks out the eyes of the prey then eats the eye then eats the animal......