It is surprising that Odysseus‚ ’a master of stratagems‚’ can also be reckless and impulsive? Throughout the Epic‚ The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is determined to be a survivor and return to Ithaca with a status appropriate to his own sense of excellence. Odysseus is not going to make any suicidal heroic stands on the battle field and refuses to compromise a very narrow sense of integrity. On the contrary‚ he is ready to use any stratagem to get home. Odysseus lies‚ accepts insults‚ disguises himself‚ represses
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Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War Any historical or archaeological investigation of the Trojan War will most likely begin with a close reading of Homer ’s Iliad which unfortunately only records a few days of the colossal clash said to have lasted for ten years . This conflict involved a coalition of Greek states sailing to Asia Minor to lay siege to Troy. . According to Homer‚ the aforementioned coalition consisted of leaders from distinct areas
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10-1-12 Period 7 For as long as fathers have had sons the bond has been a strong and awesome one. Its no wonder two authors from totally different periods of time have chosen this bond as their topic. After reading “Father and Son‚” by both Homer and Mary Nagy the reader would be able to pick out a lot of differences and some similarities. The two stories tell about a father and son’s relationship towards each other. The stories are very different from one another yet some what similar. Overall
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The Long-Suffering and Self-Pitying Odysseus What would it take to make Odysseus‚ the renowned warrior and the pride of all Greece‚ cry uncontrollably? Surely‚ he must be put through some sort of extreme physical pain that no other mortal could survive or perhaps he is even forced to watch the horrendous slaughtering of his comrades. But more often than not‚ it is only mere words and memories‚ driven on by self-pity‚ not atrocities committed against his crew‚ that make Odysseus cry. Instead of acting
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Tomorrow When the War Began Homer Yannos “That was Homer’s genius. He combined action with thought‚ and he planned ahead” (Marsden 1993‚ p111). That was the Homer Yannos that not many people had been able to witness before. The novel‚ ‘Tomorrow When the War Began’ is a young adult fiction genre‚ written by John Marsden. It follows seven Australian teenagers attempting to make their way through a brutal war‚ while also making a heroic impact. Homer Yannos‚ one of the teenagers addressed in the book
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John Marsden is the author of ’Tomorrow When the War Began’‚ the first of the Tomorrow Series which is one of the most popular and successful series of teenage novels. The seven main characters – Ellie‚ Homer‚ Lee‚ Kevin‚ Fi‚ Corrie‚ Robyn and Chris‚ who joins the book later on‚ are extremely realistic teenage characters. During the course of the book Marsden has continues to introduce the characters. All of them are carefully described giving the reader a picture of what the characters look like
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They fight a battle not only against the enemy but to survive amongst each other. Homer Yannos‚ a once wild‚ crazy teenager is the most obviously changed character of them all. He develops into a cunning‚ brave leader who never ceases to amaze the other characters‚ especially Ellie‚ with his sudden change of attitude and how in touch he becomes with his emotions even the love he begins to feel for other characters. Homer was a generally a big‚ immature pain previous to the war‚ for fun‚ he would pull
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TMWTWB Essay Tomorrow when the war began is John Marsden’s acclaimed first novel in a series of gripping tales of a group of teens who return home from a tramp‚ only to realise that their whole town has been taken hostage by an unknown force. It has also been adapted into a widely acclaimed film. Several major themes can be identified in the film‚ one of the main themes being change. Change forces the characters to think and act differently to what they are usually used to. The theme of change affects
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Hurd-Wood) are suggesting to go camping together and Ellie said she might want to invite more people or friends to join them. Corrie’s best friend is Ellie. Secondly‚ they found some neighbors‚ which are Kevin Holmes‚ Corrie’s boyfriend (Lincoln Lewis)‚ Homer Yannos‚ Ellie’s next-door neighbor‚ Fiona Maxwell (Phoebe Tonkin)‚ Lee Takkam‚ the one who Ellie’s interest (Chris Pang) and the youngest character‚ Robyn Mathers (Ashleigh Cummings). During their first night of camping‚ Ellie wake by a lot of aircrafts
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‘glue’ that holds this odd bunch of teens together. “Rack off guys! I’ll never get this done.”(p.1) Right from the page l‚ Marsden has cleverly given us our stereotypical idea of a young teen girl‚ using slang words like “Rack off...”.(1 more quote) Homer on the other hand is quite the opposite. Besides the fact that he’s male‚ his initial introduction could be compared to a young boy or monkey. He’s a rule breaker and a tree shaker. He’s not one to fold under the pressures of his peers and loves to
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