Hot or Not?: My Favorite Readings from Class

The Odyssey has many stylistic choices that change the story in many different ways to improve it and make the reader better understand the text they are reading.

The Odyssey was an extremely popular story that is told around the world. The Odyssey shows many of the traits that the Greeks would have valued. In The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus is coming home from the hard fought Trojan War. On his journey back, he goes through many difficult quests that delays his return by 10 years. Once getting home, he is faced with even more challenges that he has to overcome. During his many adventures, many of the Greek’s valued traits are shown. The Odyssey reflects the Greek values of loyalty, obedience, and hospitality; those who don’t follow it are punished.

The Odyssey of Homer is a fascinating epic of the homecoming of Odysseus, one of the most influential heroes of the Trojan war. This homecoming journey of Odysseus which serves as a means of teaching him greater lessons of life and humility. Furthermore, Odyssey beautifully portrays the transformation Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, from a scared little boy to a confident warrior.

Whenever you finish a book, you might go to watch the movie. Lots of people say something close to ¨The book was better!¨, or ¨The movie was better!¨. Well, a great novel and graphic novel were talking about today is The Odyssey. The Odyssey is about this man and his crew, they just got to land. The crew goes against him, eats his cows, crazy bad things happen. The crew dies, and Odyssey gets to have a good life after! Anyways, that's a brief summary of The Odyssey from both versions. I really think that the section from the book XII of Homer's The Odyssey, is better than the graphic novel segment of The Odyssey by Hinds. I think this because Homer's is the original, and it is able to let us know more of what really happened during this event, and we can all around learn better with the novel. Don’t get me wrong, Homer’s and Hind’s versions both have positives and negatives that will be shown. However, we can compare and contrast both to find about how both versions can help us learn, with Homer’s version being just a little stronger.

Entertainment throughout the ages has evolved and changed and some older forms of it were completely forgotten in the dust. But The Odyssey has lasted all those long years and is still entertaining to us today. With the enchanting monsters and long treacherous quests, Odysseus’ struggles are captivating to scholars are high school students alike. The Odyssey has a way to entice us with it’s heavy amount of gore, the many affairs of Odysseus, and his strong will to return home to his kingdom.

The Odyssey is an epic about Ancient Greek culture written by Homer. This is one of the two major Greek poems. Odysseus is on a long journey back to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. The most valued life traits in an Ancient Greek culture is respect. Odysseus helps portray this by worshiping gods through the epic.

The Odyssey by Homer is a great text that manipulates the skill of storytelling bringing out the meaning of being human, the spiritual and physical homecoming. It is an archetypal epic expedition essential for understanding ourselves and other modern texts following the same pattern. The text brings out the ancient Greek beliefs and customs that are essential in studying Western Literature through the evaluation of different characters, and the themes manifested are essential in establishing a good foundation for any literature student. The themes therein such as leadership skills, folly, retaliation, mythology, death, ogres, temptation seduction, deceit, and warfare make the text an essential student companion in the quest of comprehending literature.

The Odyssey is a story made up of stories. Because there is very little action that happens in the present, the presence of storytelling within the Odyssey is something that characterizes it and makes it unique. The spreading of stories serve to form legends and myths that can have the effect of shaping a culture. In addition, since stories were such an important aspect of entertainment in Greek culture, stories also shape the audience, either by entertaining them or creating feelings of sympathy in them. The function of storytelling in the Odyssey, is to evoke emotions and leave powerful, lasting impressions on the audience. However, the stories that are told

The Odyssey is filled with emotion and adventure. Homer’s ability to show and give the reader a visual of each and every scene gives the story its unbelievable significance. To all the people who read his work there is something to be captured within every sentence, each one different in its own, unique way. Through tales of courage and defeat, friendship and love this book tells of all the values within the life of a single, solitary man, and his journey to attain what is true and dear to him. And this journey is known to all of us as The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a test of human devotion and trust through the gods, the mortals, and the obstacles through which they venture. No matter where they go or what they do, humans are tested for

The reason students should read the Odyssey is one their teacher tells them to. But it also because it shows that what they are going through is “normal” even for the people back then; another reason it shows them that even old writings showed the desperation of a story needs to be high to get A reader want to read it even if their teacher assigned it to them so that it is teaching them what the story is and that it is still relative to even though it’s really old. Making their writing better and read/understanding of stories better.;The characters in Penelope ,Calypso ,Telemachus ,Nausicaa are realizable and make a feeling that the story is real and true even if it made up. Another thing is that it makes everything written after it as in battle stories ,hero stories, even the Bible can compare in some way having things that seem the same or are a comparable differences.

If you have been through high school, then you have probably read The Odyssey. A blind man named Homer wrote The Odyssey in Ancient Greek times. The book is about a man named Odysseus who has just finished fighting in the Trojan War and needs to return home. He goes through a series of trials on a quest to return to his wife and be the king of Ithaca once again. This book is still important today because it develops complex reading, teaches about ancient Greece, and teaches virtues and values.

The Odyssey is a classic epic by Homer, but why should students read it? Most students read it because it was a school assignment. The Odyssey shouldn't just be read because it's required for school. The Odyssey helps students expand their imagination, learn more about ancient history, and keep the tradition of reading classics. More importantly, the situations and feelings that occur are relevant to the lives of students. It gives us important life lessons.

Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey follows Odysseus on his long journey home. The Epic also includes the stories of Odysseus’ family left behind: the travels of his son, Telemachus, and how plenty, of what we would now call “home wreckers”, suitors pressured his wife, Penelope, into marrying one of them. The characters are beautifully crafted and the story is truly epic. All the elements presented can bring in any reader from any century, the Cyclops, the Gods, the trickery of Penelope, and the disguises of Odysseus, are all legendary literary hooks . There are many things to learn—about writing, about the world around us, the world ahead of us, and the past behind us—from The Odyssey. (26) It is undeniably evident that this ancient text has

The historical significance is an amazing example of why you should still study “The Odyssey.” The beginning of the story tells about the Trojan War and why the Trojans and Greeks were at war. The history of “The Odyssey” gives a glimpse to the readers of the time period it was written in. An example of giving a glimpse of the time period is in book one, lines 1-27, “Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy. Many were the men whose cities he saw and whose mind he learned, aye, and many the woes he suffered in his heart upon the sea, seeking to win his own life and the return of his comrades. Yet even so he saved not his comrades, though he desired it sore, for through their own blind folly they perished—fools, who devoured the kine of Helios Hyperion; but he took from them the day of their returning. Of these

I know this class will refresh my memory on some English literature I learned eons ago.  I’m also looking forward to reading some really good stories, books and learning about authors and the reason they write or research in certain ways.  The terminology used throughout the textbook; will be extremely helpful in my personal and work life in regards to college work and as a social work assisting with various