Analysis Of Homer s The Odyssey - 1950 Words

Courtney Stone 9/19/14 Pre AP English RR Summary 1-2 The book begins after the Trojan War, and all of the Greek men that survived the war had safely come home to their wives and families except for Odysseus. Poseidon, the god of the see, has been making Odysseus’s journey home very difficult because he offended him. Odysseus is a prisoner of Calypso. When Telemachus finds out his dad is alive it motivates Telemachus to grow up and leave his childhood behind. Penelope has avoided getting remarried using trickery because she believes that Odysseus is still alive. Then Antinoos argues that Penelope should be forced to choose another husband. Telemachus decides to take a ship and search a nearby area, Sparta and Pylos, to find information†¦show more content†¦In fear of Zeus she lets Odysseus go giving him a raft, but Poseidon sends a horrible storm that nearly drowns him. He gets to safety and is given an immortality scarf by a nymph. Then, like taking candy from a baby, they take over Ismarus, kill the men, enslave the wo men, and take all the riches. Quickly the Cicones gathered reinforcements then attacks but Odysseus and his men are no match and retreat by sea. Storms blow the ships off course, but they finally arrive at the home of the Lotus-eaters. The next place they go is to the land of the Cyclops. They become captured by a Cyclops but Odysseus helps them escape. Level Questions 1) What is the name of the Cyclops that captured Odysseus and his men? 2) Why do you think the Lotus flower made them lose their memories? Why did they take over Ismarus? 3) Why is the response to violence always violence? Archetype Zeus shows supernatural intervention when he goes from not wanting anything to do with Odysseus’s case to agreeing to help him escape Calypso so he may return to his family. This shows that he is not as stubborn and heartless as perceived. Summary 10-12 After escaping the Cyclops, Odysseus and his men arrive at the home of Aeolus, God of the Winds, who hosts them a month before sending them away with an ox skin pouch. This ox skin pouch has all of the dangerous winds captured except the west wind which should lead them towards Ithaca,