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    Odyssey‚ Odysseus travels from Troy to Ithaca‚ stopping at many places along the way. Realistically‚ travel during this time was very dangerous and often impossible. Homer exaggerated Odysseus’ travels to portray his love for his heroic characters. The perspective of an author greatly influences how time and

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    musician Bob Dylan once said a interesting qoute which states: “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Odysseus was on a trip back home‚ which took a little longer‚ well two decades longer from the mysterious adventures he overcame. Modern hero’s take risk upon themselves‚ and sacrifice their life for the team. Odysseus is a modern day hero‚ because he has all the traits of a hero in this era even though their morals have changed‚ he has movaited hero’s today

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    helped Odysseus throughout his journey and‚ in the end‚ helped to justify his actions when other may not have seen them as just. Odysseus on several occasions specifically asked

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    Zeus a.) sun ____B____ Poseidon b.) sea ____D____ Hades c.) father of the gods ____E____ Athena d.) underworld ____A____ Helios e.) wisdom f.) mother of the gods Multiple Choice (2 points each): 6.) What is going on while Odysseus is at home? a. Athena wants to marry Telemachus for his money b. Telemachus wants Penelope to marry someone rich c. Penelope wants to get married to someone rich d. Men want to marry Penelope for her name and money 7.) Who comes to tell Calypso

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    man named Odysseus who fought to save his life. Suffering from bitter days and nights. Trying to get his shipmates home. Although Odysseus couldn’t save them‚ for their own recklessness destroyed each and every one of them. Acting as children and fools‚ they feasted on the cattle of the Sun God Helios. From all of these adventures‚ the daughter of Zeus‚ Muse‚ tells us in our time to lift the great song again. Killing his own men on the land of Scylla and Charybdis’‚ and lying. Odysseus clearly states

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    characteristics that can inspire readers to emulate they’re behavior. One obvious example is Homer’s Odysseus the fictional king of Ithaca whose courage‚ strength‚ and quest for immortality define him as the prototypical epic hero. His encounters with the Trojan war‚ the Cyclopes‚ the land of Aeolia with the bag of winds‚ a witch that accidentally turned his men to pigs and more. Odysseus manages to maintain the delicate balance

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    In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus must return home from a ten-year-long war and along the way piece back the remains of his old life in Ithaca‚ this is his search for identity. On the way home‚ he must tell stories of his travels from his twenty years away from home. He also must disguise himself when he returns to avoid conflict amongst the kingdom‚ hiding his true identity. Last but not least‚ he has to disguise himself from his wife who has been stringing along many suitors since he left. These things

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    Comparison of ’The A&P’ and ’My Brothers Keeper’ The author’s purpose for ’A&P’ is; to inform that there is a limit to how we should go to help others. The author’s purpose for ’My Brother’s Keeper’ is also; There is a limit someone should go to help others‚ even if that person means a lot to you. The author’s purpose of A&P is very similar to my brother’s keeper only because there is a limit to helping others especially depending on how drastic the situation is. I personally wouldn’t have wanted

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    journey also started mine. While following Odysseus I learned many things‚ one of them being‚ family is the most important thing. Odysseus defeats all his enemies and overcomes all obstacles in order to return to his wife Penelope and son Telemachuse. He was brave when he fought and he was smart‚ always making plans ahead of time. His journey also taught me to be patient; Odysseus waited ten years to be reunited with his family. For now unto the last part of Odysseus and his journey. I was watching from

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    Esmeralda Frias Jim Schrantz English Composition I February 27‚ 2010 Copyright Law The copyright form is a type of protection that the law of the United States provides to the authors of original work‚ such as literary‚ dramatic‚ musical‚ and artistic‚ composers‚ poets‚ and other intellectual work. Even for the published or not published works the protection it’s available to them too. Piracy is used mostly comes from the United States. That is why the United States decided to make a Copyright

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