In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the movie Ironwill and the book The Odyssey. I will also tell you there goals, if there similar or different, if or what there obstacles where, and what was there outcome of there journeys. First I will contrast them from each other. Second I will compare them to each other and tell you how they are alike. When I am comparing I will try to find out what there goals where for there journeys and there outcome.
First, The Odyssey is a lot different than Ironwill. The Odyssey was about the Trojan War where these sailors sailed to Troy where the war took place. The sailors where gone 20 years. They had obstacles such as Sirens who would sing a song and draw the ships that passed by onto rocks where they would get stuck. Also they where distracted by Cyclops where they spent several days trying to get away from him.
In Ironwill this boys father dies and his family almost lost the farm because of debts that need to be paid off. So the boy remembers his father talking about a dog sled race that is about to start and the prize is $10,000 dollars first place. The boy figures if he wins he can use the money to pay off the debts on his families farm and use the rest to pay for college. So Will joins the race and ends up being the only boy on the team. The other competitors pretty much liked Will but this one man. This man was pretty much an obstacle to Will because he was always giving him a hard time and getting in his way of the race. .
The difference between The Odyssey and Ironwill is The Odyssey deals with war and Ironwill deals with competion in a dog sled race for money where Will is trying to win money from a dog sled race to save his family farm.
The outcome of The Odyssey was the main character Odysseus returned home and battled suitors for his wife's trust. In Ironwill Will wins the dog sled race by a hare he also finishes near death from frost bite and tiredness.
