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Why do you think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey? Be specific and articulate in your response.
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The story was meant to relate to all people. The Greeks told this story to teach lesson about life, common qualities of life still exist and probably will always exist. Lust, revenge, anger, fear, obedience, are only some o the emotions involved in the Odyssey. Odysseus is still supposed to represent human life even though he does un-ordinary things.
Moses Allred
Class 202
ELA period 2
I believe contemporary readers can still relate to the Odyssey, because although it doe have heroes, gods & powers it still teaches a life long lesson on many different things. The way that these lessons were taught to people, they were told by the Greeks. From what I have read, Odysseus is somewhat of a human to me. He's just supernatural.
--Brittany Blakes
I think that the story was ment to relate to the contemporary reader. The Odyssey has many lessons and teachings that help people in there everyday life. The one leason that was shown the most throughout the Odyssey was that no matter what obstical is met, as long as you continue to try your hardest to achieve your main goal you will eventually find the right path.
All people are able to relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey. These stories were told by the greeks to the children to teach them life lessons. There are lots of different feelings in the Odyssey such as love, revenge, bravery and more. In the Odyssey the characters do things that we normally wouldn't do but it still represents human life.
Stephanie Lizzul
Period 1
I think the Odyssey was meant to relate to contemporary readers because it shows life lessons that can be passed down. Even though it contains a lot of things that are mythical, it can represent obstacles that happen in everyday life with the same emotions such as love, revenge, sadness, betrayl, and anger. I think the main lesson is if you can commit yourself to doing something, it will eventually work out.
One thing about the Odyssey is that although some of the evens and characters were mythical, the emotions and personal struggles are the same ones people face every day. Temptation, anger, spite,love, pain, suffering and every other emotion of Odysseus is recognizable by anyone. That's why the text can still be used for it's moral lessons and values today.
-Maggie Todaro
I think that contemporary readers can relate to this book because even thought it contains mythology it does contain obstacles and passion and the story of love. The story has like any story does a moral. And even though it contains mythology it does contain reality in it as well. Despite everything the characters in the book have done or over come they are still supposed to be humans.
The thing about the Odyssey is that it has something like the envents taht people go through in these times. Even though somethings were not real they still faced hardships people go through now. Anger, forgiveness, love and pain are emotions and feelings that we all go through and so did the characters and especially Odysseus did. and that is why this text is still being able to be used for it's moral lessons and values still at todays time.
This story related to people. The book Odysseus was made to have a life lesson. Things like teptation, revenge which we learned today, obedience, lust, anger, and the list goes on but these things are what we go through now in modern day life, so we can see how odysseus was made to imulate human life.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey, because the story deals with conflicts that modern people still deal with today such as revenge (Odysseus' revenge)temptation (The sirens) Lust (Odysseus' cheating) and also dealing with similar character traits such as arrogance, (such as when Odysseus forces at the sirens) or being sly (such as when Odysseus wraps himself under the sheep to escape the cyclops).
I also think that although this was based on events thousands of years ago, were all still people, now or than and experience and deal with similar challenges like temptation or character traits like arrogance
-Donna Wylie:)
Although most of the scenios in Odyssey would probably never happen to us nor has it did before but the characteristics Odysseus portrays are easily connectable / relatable. Vengeance was shown when Odysseus killed all the suitors that were disloyal to him for 20 years when he was at war and also tried to marry his wife. Sadness/pain was felt when Odysseus was greeted by his mother in the underworld. Intelligence was represented when Odysseus blinded the Cyclops. Loyalty was represented when Penelope still had faith of Odysseus' return. Courage was identified when Odysseus put earwax on all his crew members but not him and endured his temptation.
Obviously, it's not like we are going to all encounter a Cyclops, or even allowed to speak to the dead, however, the feelings Odysseus had in different situations are present now.
-Michelle Xia
The Odyssey contained many life lessons and scenes that many people can learn from and relate to. It talks about some qualities and characteristics that exist in today's society. There is loyalty, when Odysseus' loyalty to his wife was tested during his journey. Even though he did not remain faithful, his wife managed to stay loyal and faithful to her husband when he was away for the past 20 years. Women can learn from Penelope by always being faithful to your husband no matter what. There is also an issue of revenge, when Odysseus kills all the suitors for taking advantage of his palace and wife. A characteristic of courage was included when Odysseus had to hear the Sirens song and resist temptation. Another characteristic that was represented was intelligence, when Odysseus blinded the Cyclops and told the Cyclops his name was 'nobody', so when others asked the Cyclops who caused him pain, the Cyclops would reply 'nobody' caused me pain. There is also grief when Odysseus meets his mother's spirit and finds out that she died waiting for his return.
Even though there were mythical creatures in the Odyssey that do not exist in the world today, Odysseus has some qualities and characteristics in him that many people can relate to in the same situation.
I think people of all ages and cultures can relate to the events and characters in the Odyssey because it was written to be told in ways to teach life lessons, share life experiences and be passed on for generations. Now a days when we are told as children to stay away from things or to listen to our parents, we are told mythical or fictional consequences. For example, when I was little I had to sit on the couch and I wouldn't be able to get off unless my mom told me too. If I got up without her permission, she told me Jaws was waiting under the couch and come out and eat me. Back then, when there were natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsumanis this was their way of justifiying natural disasters. They didn't have scientific explanations. For example, Charydbis was probably an example of a water disaster and to keep ancient kids out of the water & if they were to go into the water, they would be sucked in by Charybdis.
I believe that contemporary readers can relate to Homers epic poem although it is old and from the past. The readon being is because new era readers can relate to this by reading about Odysseus battles and mental and physical struggles. As we have learned in the ending of the epic poem, where odysseus comes back home and faces all the suitors, this can relate to a soldier coming back home from iraq and coming home to a world where many men are trying to holler at his wife.
Christian Segura ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the people in "The Odyssey" because Odysseus deals with many feelings that most people deal with as well. Even though times change, most of the time feelings do not. For example, today in class, we read about Odysseus getting revenge on the suitors. His seeking revenge came out of hurt, that Penelope allowed these men into their home, and anger that these men forced themselves upon his wife. He responded to the situation by seeking revenge. I know that if I were as angry as Odysseus I would probably do the same, although I don't think I would go as far as killing all of the suitors.
Although we probably won't encounter the same problems Odysseus does, the epic poem teaches us how to deal with downscaled versions of his problems.
Rosemarie Whyte, Period 8.
I feel that contemporary readers can relate to characters and events in the Odyssey due to the fact that it has common themes that people world wide can relate to. Two important themes include love and war. WHich is what a lot of peoples lives are based upon. The purpose of the Odyssey was to teach children and people life lessons. Also, each island had a significant meaning towards Odysseus and his crew. Through out the whole story we learn that if you respect your elders or people of higher authority they will guide you in the direction you want due to the fact they know what's best for you. This is also an important lesson we learn through out the epic poem. ALthough Odysseus has no intentions of wanting to be with teh God who seduces him in the beginning he is still in love with Penelope, who remains loyal and faithful through out the whole time he is gone
Jessye Pragen
Period 8
I believe that the contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey because some of the things that happened in the Odyssey like jealousy, reveange, anger, and fear are things that not just happens in stories but it happens in real life too. Even though there isn't any mythical creatures in life like there is in the Odyssey most of the things are similar to our life now.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the charecters and events in the Odyssey because it shows what people go through in everyday life and how they feel when certain situations are thrown at them. One example of this is when Odysseus goes to war and doesn't return for 20 years and leaves his family behind. It shows that Odysseus feels bad leaving his life behind and his family questions whether he will ever come back. A real life example would be soldiers leaving their loved ones behind to go to war. The Odyssey shows loyality by Penelope remaing faithful, hopeful and never remarrying. She always believed that he would come back to her someday. Other things like temptation from the Sirens song, lust from Odysseus cheating on his wife and falling in love with Calyspo, revenge for Odysseus wanting to kill the suitors, bravery for being the first person to overcome the Sirens song and survive, jelousy, sadness, war, anger, pain and many more charecteristics we deal with today.
Even though we aren't gods or godesses or have supernatural powers in today's world, the Odyssey teaches us life lessons and ways to overcome challenges that life throws us. It also shows us to always be determined and ready for whatever happens. This is true no matter what year we live in.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey, because many people face difficult problems and tasks everyday. Greek epic poems, or epic poems for that matter were ment to teach children life lessons. I think people can relate to this because even in this day and age stories are still passed down and we still learn from them.
-Anastasia Ioannou
Pd.1
I think that this sorry was mention to relate to people but still have it's own epic stories and fictional seting.this story was mention to have a moral. The moral is to teach people about lifealonge with alot of emotions and actions in this story like lust, fight, adventure and lifes many obsticles.That is why someone from today's times could ready the odyssey and learn a lot from it that can relate them to today's days.
And by the way on my teacher ease you wrote I am missing this assignment. Today is SATURDAY 12/19!!! Monday is the 21st! Two days difference! Me and my MOM do not understand why it says missing if I'm two days early! I need some type of reasoning.
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Isabela Janashvili
I think that contemporary readers can relate to the Odyssey. Even though we might not encounter all of these mythical creatures, we have quite similar issues, and have to make similar decisions. Arrogance, loyalty, love, lust, anger, fear, intelligence, temptation, suffering, and many more traits and emotions were displayed throughout the Odyssey. These are emotions and traits that humans continue to posses, despite the drastic difference in time. This myth was created to teach people about life lessons, and is good to connect to.
I do think that contemporary readers can still clearly relate to the Odyssey. This is so because this Greek Mythology was written because it wanted to teach people leasons. Each scene of the epic poem showed a different quality that the ancient greeks believed that each person should have, or what they should not have. For example; in the chapter, The Cattle of the Sun Gods, all of the crew members died because they refused to listen to the gods. If the men just stayed put like Odysseus told them to, they all might of been able to go home and live the rest of their merry lives; because they didn't they all died. This tells people that they should listen to their elders; children should listen to their parents, workers should listen to their bosses, etc. The Odyssey was saying that most of the times if you listen to your elders good things would happen; but if you didn't, then bad things would happen.
Andrew Villa Period 8
Contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events of the odyssey because a lot of things happened in this story. There was anger, jealousy, fear, and many more. This story was written by the greeks and it gives life lessons for people to read.
Maria Stefanidis
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters because it taught life lessons. Even though the story was a myth, they still went through obstacles that we go through everyday; such as anger, love, obeying, and suffering. So in a way Odysseus was still human to us.
I think that the Odyssey is a story meant for people of all ages. I think that everyone can relate to it in different ways. Everyone can interpret the mythical creatures in the Odyssey in their own way. Like Gabby R. said, I think that each creature may represent a natural disaster.
I believe that contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey for several reasons. First off, whether or not characters are presently modern, situations such as those Odysseus encounters deals nothing with time periods. Events involving anger (Odysseus's main battle), revenge, ambition, and lust, as everyone said, truly can occur in the lives on any being. Therefore, any of the obstacles related to this epic poem would relate to the experiences most humans go through on a daily basis. Lastly, the feeling described in the final reading we analyzed in class, involved the basic power of revenge; personally, I feel that this strategy is used amongst all individuals - one overpowers another, and feels they must prove themselves as a "better" person. This scenario, is just one example of how the Odyssey includes situations in which still occurs presently; this is why, contemporary readers would be able to relate to the poem regardless of the contrasting time period.
The reason that the Odyssey can relate to contemporary people is because the story was meant to be read and passed down through generations. Though all of the mythical events in the story can't really happen, they represent different things. Odysseus is basically human, and that's what is great about the story. His actions can be related to current life.
This story is one that many can relate to. It has concepts of adventure, romance, horror and action. It teaches lessons and is a very unique story. It was also about Odysseus's determination to get home to his wife.
Zoe
Period 8
Contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey because despite its fictional and mythological events and characters, which have no possibility of existence in real life, it is full of moral values and teachings, which bears importance even in modern societies.
The adventures of the Odyssey are composed of many parts, and the characters range anywhere from powerful Gods with supernatural powers to Sirens with songs enchanting enough to make men jump overboard to them to a one-eyed man-eating Cyclopes. These characters cannot take existence in real life, however, they all teach moral lessons that can be used in reality.
For example, in the adventure with the Circe, where greedy men are turned into pigs, the moral lesson is to be selfless and generous.
In the adventure of the Charybdis, where natural disasters are portrayed as monsters, the moral lesson is that nature is one of the most powerful things on earth, and humans should not interfere with its balance.
The story of the Odyssey still relates today because though times have changed, the way humans are will always be the same. We will always have a sense of fear, or arogance, or any other emotion. So that is why it still relates to people today. This is all what makes humans human. The fact that we will have emotions and they will always "cloud" our thoughts always will be a part of human nature no matter how far we advance technologically or intelectually.
I believe contemporary readers can relate to every aspect of the Odyssey. The book is made up of many difficulties every human goes through, and character development. Things like bravary, lust, temptation, anger, fear, patience, compassion, leadership, and even substance abuse, which are all things we go through. IT also shows that no matter how old the book is, it is meant to relate to our lives
Although some events of the Odyssey is mythical, contemporary readers are still able to relate to the morals, deeds, and other human characteristics portrayed in the Odyssey. Anger, temptation, revenge, love, friendship, are similar emotions or thoughts contemporary readers have with the characters in Odyssey. In the Odyssey, Odysseus kills all the suitor for their disloyalty when he was on his journey back home for 20 years. This shows the human reaction we all have when our anger motivates us to revenge and compensate our lost. Also, the Odyssey was told to teach morals and reasons why something is evil or good. Contemporary readers can relate to the Odyssey and learn and follow the morals shown in the story. Stories like the Odyssey help guide us on what we should or shouldn't do in life.
Alex Bao
I think that contemporary readers can still relate to the characters form the Odyssey because it has many lessons and teachings.The Odyssey is an ancient greek myth therefore it was told because it had a lesson behind it. In the Odyssey something that stook out the most was how Penelope waited 20 years faithfully for her husband to come back. This teaches us that we shall never lose faith and once we marry someone it's forever,until death does each person part and Penelope's character shows this belief very clearly.
I think that contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey because it contains life lessons and many conflicts that people have to experience in everyday life. For example, in the section about the Sirens, some of the conflicts there are the temptation(s) he suffers and the way he made only himself listen to their singing whether for his benefit (for upcoming issues) or simply just to "show off" for his crew members.
I think that contemporary readers can relate to the Odyssey because of the themes and conflicts shown through out the poem. It is easy to relate to the character of Odysseus because although he is an "epic hero", he still experiences similar conflicts and feelings that occur in everyday life. Some of these themes include; loyalty, temptation, revenge, love, and pain. All these themes are relatable, therefore it is easy for people to connect to the character of Odysseus. All of these themes and conflicts are shown through out the poem in the different scenes.
The Sirens is an example of a passage from the Odyssey that is easily related to. Some of the themes shown in this scene are; loyalty (to his crew), and temptation (from the Sirens song). Even though we aren't put through the exact situations as Odysseus, we still can connect to his personal battles and to his emotions because they are common.
i think the odyssey was meant to relate to contempary readers because many lessons and vigils are learned. even though the language is old, he lessons still exist and are being taught. some of these lessons are lust, revenge, anger, fear,sadness,betrayal, obedience and emotions are showed in these lessons. thats why these lessons, even though written in old lanugage, still teach a lesson.
i think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey because the story was meant to be passed down through generations. also, the values of the poem were very general, such as lessons in temptation, courage, and following rules, and still apply to modern day people for years to come
I think that any person can be able to relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey because it speaks of issues and feelings that people today still face such as hate, anger, and suffering. I think that anyone in the Odyssey's feelings and actions are no different than anyone today in the present time's feelings and actions.
I think people can still relate to the characters and events in The Odyssey because it teaches morals that can be lived by anytime. It is a story about all of the obstacles getting in the way of one person's goal. The story teaches people to stay determined and keep fighting to reach your ultimate goal. We also learn from Penelope that it is important to remain loyal. I agree with Moses as well. The poem touches on human interests and emotions that keep people interested such as lust, revenge, anger, fear, and obedience.
Contemporary readers are still able to relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey because although the events aren't exactly something the average person experiences throughout life, the ideas of the events are relatable. The scene of the sirens show the idea of lust and temptation, the scene of the suiters represent the idea of jealousy, as the scene of Penelope's test showed the idea of love. Many ideas portrayed throughout the events that occur in Odysseus's journey are ideas we can relate to personally that are shown in more contemporary ways in our present lives.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters in the Odyssey because we all feel anger, jealousy, fear, lust, revenge, etc. When Odysseus left, many suitors wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Odysseus got revenge on all the suitors by killing them. The encounter with the Sirens showed lust.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters in the Odyssey because we all feel anger, jealousy, fear, lust, revenge, etc. When Odysseus left, many suitors wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Odysseus got revenge on all the suitors by killing them. The encounter with the Sirens showed lust.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters in the Odyssey because we all feel anger, jealousy, fear, lust, revenge, etc. When Odysseus left, many suitors wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Odysseus got revenge on all the suitors by killing them. The encounter with the Sirens showed lust.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters in the Odyssey because we all feel anger, jealousy, fear, lust, revenge, etc. When Odysseus left, many suitors wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Odysseus got revenge on all the suitors by killing them. The encounter with the Sirens showed lust.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters in the Odyssey because we all feel anger, jealousy, fear, lust, revenge, etc. When Odysseus left, many suitors wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Odysseus got revenge on all the suitors by killing them. The encounter with the Sirens showed lust.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters in the Odyssey because we all feel anger, jealousy, fear, lust, revenge, etc. When Odysseus left, many suitors wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Odysseus got revenge on all the suitors by killing them. The encounter with the Sirens showed lust.
I think contemporary readers can still relate to the characters in the Odyssey because we all feel anger, jealousy, fear, lust, revenge, etc. When Odysseus left, many suitors wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Odysseus got revenge on all the suitors by killing them. The encounter with the Sirens showed lust.
I believe contemporary readers can still relate to the Odyssey because the Odyssey has many lessons and teachings that help people in there everyday life. One thing was when Odysseus was trying to get home, there was always something that blocked and distracted him from getting there. But no matter what obstacle he met, Odysseus continued to try his hardest to achieve his main goal, which was to get home. Most readers can relate to this because many people strive to achieve a goal that they have and this moral was pulled through throughout the story.
the biggest reason i think we can still relate to this situations of odysseus is because, although the events that occur in our lives are different; the reactions and emotions we have are most of the time the same. Plus it teaches so many morals, that modern movies and text have today that we can relate to exactly.
The story was related to all people. Even if the hero's were gods and had different special powers. It teaches the readers lessons that they should keep in mind threw out there life.The lesson's could be passed on threw out their family generation. The three main lesson's is love,revenage and bravery. Something you go threw in life alot and the book teaches you things that you'll rember forever.
- Alexandria Barry
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