The Odyssey By Homer And The 1997 Movie Analysis - 1265 Words

The Odyssey Gabi Pervis Mr. Peden Pre AP World History 19 October 2017 The book The Odyssey by Homer and the 1997 movie The Odyssey portrayed many real world learning aspects into each take of the story. The book and the movie both had many big ideas that were expressed as the same but had many detailed and specific ideas that were different. The role of family is extremely valued in The Odyssey. Chaos might strike a family, but it always comes back to an initial point which is love and being there for each other. The role of family in The Odyssey is showed prominently through a relationship between father and son. A father, to a family, is the man of the house and is the protector of the family. A father is†¦show more content†¦Another relationship in The Odyssey is Poseidon and his son, Polyphemus. This relationship is bonded by trying to get revenge on Odysseus. Odysseus stabs out Polyphemus’s eye because he was â€Å"defending† himself for stealing Polyphemus’s things. So, Poseidon and Polyphemus form a bond by trying t o ruin Odysseus’s life. This shows another type of relationship that isn t really seen. A relationship is usually built around love but this relationship is built around revenge. This is a very different outtake on what our image of a relationship is portrayed as. But it works on showing a father and son bond. Today, a father and son relationship seems to be less extreme that it was back in Greece. A father still tries to give the best to his son and the son still looks up to his father, but it s not as important and valued today. The Odyssey shows women as comforting people. Women are usually the ones that are caring and gentle towards most things. In the book, that s how women are portrayed as, but in the movie women are either in a state of depression or just eye candy for men. In the book, Penelope cares for Telemachus as a mother should. She tries to tell him about his father that he has never met and tries to tell Telemachus that his father loves him very much. Penelope always tries to hold down the kingdom while her husband is gone and tries her best for no chaos to break out. But in the movie, Penelope is showed as more depressed that her husband is not home andShow MoreRelatedHow to Write a Research Paper11497 Words   |  46 Pagespoint may be too difficult for the reader to understand and the writer to support. More than one main point: Stephen Hawking s physical disability has not prevented him from becoming a world-renowned physicist, and his book is the subject of a movie. One main point: Stephen Hawking s physical disability has not prevented him from becoming a world-renowned physicist. 5. Preliminary Outline Before you can take notes in an organized way, you must have some idea of the kinds of information