Homer, who is speaking as a mouthpiece, faithfully retelling the legends of the past, tells everything in the story. So when a character talks, his or her words come through Homer and the conversation tends to be in long, rather formal speeches rather than quick dialogue. ... The Odyssey I must say is one of the greatest epic poems ever written. ... Some people might just find this as the usual boring book because they do not see the real intentions of Homer. ... It was hard at first but eventually I learned the genuine significance of the given circumstances in the Odyssey. ...

• Word Count: 473
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The diction of The Odyssey adds a sympathetic tone to the relationship between Odysseus and Calypso. ... Her love for him is "all on her part", suggesting that Odysseus" love for Calypso is subliminal, especially because he focuses on his longing for home and independence. ... Odysseus and Calypso individually deserve the empathetic mood that The Odyssey communicates to the reader. ... The assumption that Odysseus favors Nausicaa's plutonic relations more than Calypso's lusty affairs are told by the tone of The Odyssey. ...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the Odyssey, the epic poem by Homer, Telemakhos is a troubled teenager. ... They take advantage of the fact that Odysseus is not around by feasting at his home everyday, and pursuing his wife for marriage. ... He stayed at people's homes overnight and feasted with them being treated as one of the family. ... They would not be able to stay in people's homes; they would have to rent rooms for the night and buy food. ... Most people would not be able to remain as reserved and calm when their family was being made a joke, and their home was being plundered. ...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5

Leaving for many months, Bernis leaves his home in Paris, along with friends and a loved one, Genevieve. Upon arrival from his journey's he find that nothing has changed, and that his home was left the way it was months earlier. ... His experiences during the flights, are described in all of his novels: Night Flight (Vol de Nuit, 1931), Southern Mail (Courrier Sud, 1929), Flight to Arras (Pilote de Guerre, 1942) Airman's Odyssey, Wisdoms of the Sands, Letter to a Hostage (Lettre à un Otage, 1943) and Wind, Sand and Stars (Terre des Hommes, 1939). ... Bernis feels a bit of rejectio...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School