The Odyssey Travel Log

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• Upon leaving Troy, the winds of destiny sweep Odysseus and his man to Cicones. Deciding it’s a good idea to plunder, the natives attack Odysseus killing 72
• A real world connection here is the rape of Nanking. In 1937 Japanese soldiers slaughter the men of Nanking, China, Rape their women, and demolishes the land. However, in The Odyssey, the attackers are the ones who truly suffer. The men learned from this to always size up your opponent before attacking. In other words, plan your time wisely. I can relate to this in the fact that the workload that some high schoolers is just too much. That or they’re just lazy
Log 2

• A mighty storm sent by Zeus pushes them along for nine days until they land at the land of the lotus eaters. While searching for vittles and resupplying. Natives offer Odysseus’s men the fruit of the lotus. Being gracious guest they eat the fruit losing all ambitions of returning home, all they desire is eating more of the intoxicating fruit. The only reason they make it off the island is Odysseus actions of dragging them back to the ship, and locking them up.
• A real life connection here is the infamous “Sin City”. In Las Vegas casinos (and in most casinos around the world) there aren’t clocks. The administrators want the customers to stay forever. Customers are the men; the employees are the lotus eaters. The men should have learned not to give in to temptation. I can relate to this in the fact that I sometimes choose the wrong thing to do instead of doing the thing I need to do.
Log 3
• From the land of the lotus eaters, Odysseus and his men sail through the murky darkness to the land of the Cyclops. While searching for supplies, the men stumble upon a cave containing; wine, cheese, and a plentiful ...

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...t... first you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. You shall see things, wonderful to tell. You shall see a... a cow... on the roof of a cotton house, ha. And, oh, so many statements. I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary; still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation.” The blind seer is the modern version of the blind prophet Teiresias that Odysseus meets in Hades. Both men tell the Crews things that that they will encounter and see. Everett sees a cow atop a barn; While Odysseus knew that is he fought Scylla instead of the whirlpool he would lose just 6 men. This is just one of many retable things between films, but in my opinion I believe it is the most important to both stories

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