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Post by Ray Park on Oct 22, 2013 18:38:07 GMT -5
C. When Odysseus finally arrives in Ithaca, he first begins to ponder where he is. He wakes up by himself on a shore of some island. But if someone fromt the island saw the big ship that pulled up against the island, wouldnt people go and investigate? And even more wouldnt people help a helpless person lying on the floor? And I dont like how Odysseus curses the Phaecians for dropping him off of some island. Why would he do that after being treated so well from them. They even took the sacrifice in taking you to Ithaca! Another thing that confused me was that why did Posiedon need permission to kill or use his power in the moral world? Couldnt he have thrown a mighty wave at the Phaecians by himself being that he is the second most powerful god?
D. “Earth-shaker, you with your massive power, why moaning so? The gods don’t disrespect you. What a stir there’s be if they flung abuse at the oldest, noblest of them all.” I really like this quote because it firstly shows the friendliness between the gods and also the power that each person controls. It is quite amazing how posiedon is the earth shaker and that means that Zeus must have so much more power than him.
I. I agree with John Aviles when he said that he got upset when Posiedon spots Odysseus on Ithaca. I feel that he has been through enough trouble and he needs a break.
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Post by Cameron Smith on Nov 5, 2013 21:33:32 GMT -5
I. In response to what Eric said in class today, I agree with his statement about loosing shipmates. He said to imagine we were already stranded together for years and ended up becoming really close. Then, one by one we are all died one by one. That it must have been hard for Odysseus when he was losing crewmates and that is why he cries every time he thinks about it. C. I find it kind of funny how Odysseus blames the Phaeacians for dropping him off on a “random” island, when he was actually in Ithaca. My question is: why does Odysseus not give the Phaeacians a break? Seriously, they gave him ten times more loot than what he got from Troy. Why all of a sudden blame and curse all of them, which was ironic because at the same time Poseidon was getting revenge on them for helping him in the first place. Odysseus is just acting like a hypocrite in this scene, and that is not who he is portrayed as. D. Lines that I really enjoyed are in the last paragraph of this particular book. It says, “No more words, not now—Athena stroked Odysseus with her wand. She shriveled the supple skin on his lithe limbs, stripped the russet curls from his head, covered his body top to toe with the fire in his eyes, so shining once. She turned his shirt and cloak into squalid rags, ripped and filthy, smeared with grime and soot. She flung over this the long pelt of a bounding deer, rubbed bare, and gave him a staff and beggar’s sack, torn and tattered, slung from a fraying rope. There are two reasons why I like this quote the first is, that it is very detailed and descriptive, which helps to further imagine this scene. I also like it because now Odysseys is getting what he deserved. He is being treated poorly for all the terrible things he did while away from home.
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