During this rather short Spring Semester, I have grown quite a bit as a student through projects that forced me to test my skills and improve. So, in the beginning of the semester, the meaning of works really baffled me. I struggled with identifying theme and analysing it, which is a pretty huge skill in literature. However, the Odyssey project in Honors English served as a vessel to improve these skills. In the project, we had to analyse the theme of a book in the Odyssey, specifically, Book 21. I had to take this theme, show how it is apparent in the book, and then, the big one, find another piece of media that shares the theme while comparing how it is shown there and in the Odyssey. To add insult to injury, my ability to create slideshows …show more content…
Mohr covered how to analyse theme and how to present, but this project was graded harshly, so it was sink or swim when it came to success (we’ll get back to this later). To succeed, I had to look for the theme (which was pretty much “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”), and then I compared it to something that wasn’t completely cliche in the class. Everybody did the Hunger Games and Disney movies, but I wanted to show that theme is in other, more complicated works, so I compared it to Breaking Bad with great success. Then, when working on the slideshow, I had to keep things concise, clear and keep the audience on board, which, after a couple of hours tinkering, I managed to achieve. I fact, I was one of the only people to make it out of presentations with a passing grade, with the highest grade of a 95%. I believe it’s the sink or swim technique that forces a student to grow, in my case, I grew in being able to analyse theme throughout different forms of media and the ability to create strong presentations to get those ideas through. Now, as seen in the Romeo and Juliet unit, theme isn’t much of a challenge at all, sure I’m still iffy at putting it into words, but I understand it, and can see where it is emphasized in the …show more content…
Now, as previously mentioned, I could communicate ideas vocally, but I still struggled to communicate using art. Last semester we had an art project to do this, but I still felt that my skill was weak. And early this semester, I still couldn’t really convey a message or feeling through my art. Luckily, we had an art project this semester, which was a portrait of a loved one. I chose to draw my little brother, and my task was to convey his personality through the drawing and tell a story. With this portrait I was forced to convey feeling, or fail in the process. This was carried out with a variety of lines, placement, and shading, and one mistake could throw off the meaning of the whole thing. With careful revision and line work, I managed to show my little brother as the determined little nerd he his, and with the right background, I made a story. Now, the process of coming up with said background was elusive to say the least. How would one tell a story of someone without a single word, out of graphite and paper. So, I decided to put a shadow of myself in the back, with books serving as a border between my little brother and I to show that he can achieve my greatness through work. To my surprise, it worked well, I got an A on my artwork and took pride in it. After this project, I can confidently say that I have a pretty strong understanding of how to communicate ideas
Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus’ power was gained through the power of others resulting in three phases of understanding: self-determination, courage, and having a greater vision in life. In order to understand these three phases, one must be able to conquer predominance from those less useful than others. Although Odysseus was physically strong, he was not who he was mentally, without the help and guidance through the gods. Odysseus was like one who has no friends, but when he meets up with more people, he becomes popular. One who was alone and meets new people, has more friends and finds out more interesting subjects about daily life. They are the ones who have more predominance than others because they know more people and have much more interesting subjects. Odysseus was like this because he didn’t know much without the help and guidance from others.
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In “ The Odyssey ” by homer Odysseus goes on a journey to get home after twenty years the trojan war. The “ Hero’s Journey “ by Joseph Campbell represents the journey the hero's take on their journey as a hole in the story. The main parts of most stories include twelve parts to the hero's journey and some additional points.. The three parts of the hero's journey supernatural aid, test and supreme ordeal , and reward and journey home. These are some of the most important parts of the odyssey.
No mortal or immortal being could imagine the suffering and the humiliation I went through. Before that wretched day, I used to be a powerful immortal with a blessed god as my father. I had no fear for any gods, for we Cyclopians were strong and fierce. Now I am reduced to a weak and disable Cyclops. My eye, my only eye, was put out by a man. A man with the slyness and the shrewdness of a fox although lacking physical greatness. I had a hard time dealing with my blindness and I often swear to the gods that one day I will catch him and have him for dinner. The thought of his limbs and his blood in my mouth gives me great satisfaction until today. That happened ten years ago but my story of the encounter must be told.
You are permitted on settle on your choices yet you need support not permitted to lift those results" that quote recognizes for a few pieces in the odyssey. The subject "Through Also through flexibility is An all the all the more persuading move over destiny" may be for a few encounters in the odyssey: those secured proprietor, eating up Hyperions dairy creatures, Moreover The minute that odysseus returns home.
The movie, “The Odyssey”, compared to the book lived up by having the same characters and the same message of Odysseus and his Heroic Journey.The book was descriptive in the way you can imagine what is going on. The word choice of the author really goes back to the vivid language that the author used in the movie. In the movie it did seem like it was real there was many scenarios, for example, you could feel like if you were in Odysseus’s body and were swimming just holding on a tree bark. The movie, “The Odyssey”, is a great example of epic poetry because it was made from a poem that Homer wrote long ago. This movie for me it’s one of my rating “5 stars”. One quote from the movie that really grabbed my attention was when Odysseus
In book eight of Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is on the island of the Phaeacians and is waiting to return home to Ithaca. Meanwhile, Alcinous, the Phaeacian king, has arranged for a feast and celebration of games in honor of Odysseus, who has not yet revealed his true identity. During the feast, a blind bard named Demodocus sings about the quarrel between Odysseus and Achilles at Troy. The song causes Odysseus to start weeping, so Alcinous ends the feast and orders the games to begin. During dinner after the games, Odysseus asks Demodocus to sing about the Trojan horse and the sack of Troy. This song too causes Odysseus to break down and cry. Homer uses a dramatic simile to describe the pain and sorrow that Odysseus feels as he recalls the story of Troy.
The film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a reinterpretation of the epic poem The Odyssey. The Coen brothers, writers and directors of the film, did not over analyze their representation. “It just sort of occurred to us after we’d gotten into it somewhat that it was a story about someone going home, and sort of episodic in nature, and it kind of evolved into that,” says Joel Coen in Blood Siblings, “It’s very loosely and very sort of unseriously based on The Odyssey” (Woods 32). O Brother, Where Art Thou? contains ideas from The Odyssey for the sake of modernization and entertainment of an audience that comprehends the allusions to the epic. The Coen brothers utilize elements of Homer’s The Odyssey to improve and to give direction to O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a reinterpretation which was made simply to show that an epic-adventure such as The Odyssey could be modernized to apply to modern times.
In conclusion, the “Odyssey” is one of the greatest literary works ever known and this literary analysis should help the reader to understand the important components of the novel such as theme, characters, relationships, symbols, motifs, literary devices, and tone.
Hu•bris /ˈ(h)yo͞obris/ noun: excessive pride or self-confidence. Hubris is believed to be the most serious of all seven deadly sins. Some say it was the original sin that led to all others. A word with such loathsome synonyms like arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, pomposity, and egotism was seen as one of the worst possible sins in Greek culture. They believed that no matter your social status those who exhibited it were destined to fall down into damnation. Yet some Grecian heroes seemed to ooze hubris in the form of confidence or cockiness. There was a fine line between the two that they should never cross. One hero in particular showed this sin on more than one account. Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus, shows the sinful trait of hubris, in the form of cockiness when he talks to Polythemus, his crewmen, his wife, and his son.
Writing was used “to record public decisions and records, and then finally as more and more citizens became literate, or able to read, Greek literature was developed.”
Brains over brawn, who will win this battle?Homer's tale of Odysseus' adventures in “The Odyssey” show that being intelligent and cunning can be far better than having physical strength. Being physically strong certainly has its advantages, but not in all circumstances. Strength in intelligence shows new meaning of strength. Odysseus is amused with himself when he defeats Polyphemus. His great skills with a bow outweigh the others abilities. Knowledge of the placement of his bed win his beloveds heart.
I remember pacing back and forth in my dorm room blankly staring out the window as snow gently struck the ground.
The Iliad and the Odyssey are two classic stories told by Homer. Within these two stories the roles of the gods are very important to the story line and how they affect the characters throughout. In the Iliad, more gods are involved with the characters whereas in the Odyssey there are only two major gods that affect two major characters. The roles of the gods in the Iliad are through two different stances of immortal versus immortal and mortal versus immortal. The roles of the gods in the Odyssey are through two major gods and they affect the plot as Poseidon versus Odysseus and Athena versus Telemachus.
treachery among the Gods that is so prevalent in the Iliad, is nowhere to be