what movies and comic books make it out to be; a hero can be a regular person being generous. Making the right choices and decisions is what helps shape a person to be a hero; they don’t become one just for the fame. Odysses is a story written by Homer who tells a story about Odysses and his men that are stuck with Cyclops. Odysses is a hero because
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The Purpose The intended audience for Homers Epic Poem The Odyssey is a wide one. Homer was a bard and he would go to noblemen’s parties and tell this story for entertainment‚ the gusts would go back home and tell their families the stories‚ the servants would over hear while serving and spread them as well to other servants and maids. Homer was far from being the only person to tell his stories and people are still reading them in the 21st century. Because the story was well known and told by
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The Odyssey and Watchmen are both entertaining books to read. Among many things‚ they have very interesting characters. Therefore‚ I shall compare and contrast the use of characterization. If an author carefully characterizes a character‚ the character will be more realistic to the reader. The characters in the two books are characterized well because the characters make mistakes‚ have complex emotions‚ and change through the course of the book. First of all‚ characters in both books make
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------------------------------------------------- From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia ------------------------------------------------- On First Looking into Chapman ’s Homer Much have I travell ’d in the realms of gold‚ And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher
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“MOTIVATION” Filipino people are religious human being. We usually seek for guidance from our Lord in every decision we will made so in relation to that our teacher decided to have a speaker that can motivate us spiritually‚ emotionally and to enlighten us by a word of god. Fr. Joel Eslabra was the 1st invited speaker. He is a priest who is willing to share the word of God and also can give us inspiration. Fr. Joel starts his discussion with an inspirational lecture about the word of god presented
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Topic: 10-POINT AGENDAS OF PNOY REFLECTION: The Philippine Educational System is having some difficulties in resolving the different issues regarding the quality of education that we have today. Because of this‚ ‚His Excellency Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino our 14th President prioritized the upgrading of the educational system in our country. To give the Filipino people a good quality of education and for the Filipinos to be more globally competitive. One of his agenda is the
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Mentorship In the novel The Odyssey by Homer‚ the “bright-eyed” goddess Athena acts as a mentor to Odysseus when he undertakes a long journey back home; and his family when helping them cope with his absence. She guides and protects them in difficult situations‚ usually in different forms other than her true self‚ and gives knowledge or “good looks” to them when needed. To Telemachus‚ she most often appears as a man called Mentor‚ giving him advice‚ indicating to the reader that she truly is a mentor
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In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus is described by many as a hero with great courage‚ wisdom and godlike qualities‚ but his actions throughout the epic may shed light on some of his less heroic qualities and how the Homeric image of a hero and how the modern image of a hero may differ. Odysseus leads a large group of soldiers during the Trojan war and is spoken about as a great leader by other heroes and kings. However‚ Odysseus might not be the great leader he is praised as. He doesn’t trust his fellow crewmembers
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Candie and Homer came across many choices and tragedies in their relationship. First of all‚ one of the decisions that Candi and Homer had to make is whether or not to have a relationship. Most of the time the choice they made is to “Wait and see.” Another choice they made is to have sex even though they we staying at wally’s house. At one point Wally’s mom almost caught them in the act. Secondly‚ I think that the biggest tragedy in Homer and Candi’s relationship is that Candi used Homer. It was also
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Killed Homer Barron In William Faulkner’s short story entitled "A Rose For Emily"‚ Emily Grierson kills her lover Homer Barron after being in love with him for about a year. She then sleeps next to the body in the upstairs bedroom of her home‚ loving it as if Homer were still alive. She then closes up the upstairs‚ never seeing the body again. There are three different motives that can be looked at as to why Emily killed Homer. She wanted to exercise power‚ she couldn’t accept that Homer was a
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