It is about a man whose name is Ulysses Everett Mcgill. ... Another very obvious similarity is that of the Cyclops. In the Odyssey, Polyphemus is a huge, one-eyed, cannibalistic Cyclops who lives with other Cyclopes on their own island. ... He beats up Ulysses (Everett) and Delmar and steals their money and their car; But that's not the last they see of Big Dan Teague. ... The way that the "Cyclops" is dealt with is somewhat different in both accounts. ...

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For example, the main character of the movie is Everett Ulysses. It is widely known that Ulysses is the Roman name version of Odysseus. ... In the book, Odysseus encounters a Cyclops because of his greed and loses a great number of men. ... In the movie, the Cyclops is a large salesman by the name of Big Dan T. We know that he is meant to be the Cyclops because he wears a patch over one of his eyes. ...

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Ulysses Everett Mcgill, parallels Odysseus in The Odyssey. ... Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus. ... The one eyed bible salesman that Everett encounters is comparable to the Cyclops that Odysseus encounters. ...

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