The Odyssey and the Hero's Journey

What makes someone an epic hero? 

• Have a tragic flaw - for ex: too much pride
• Take a heroic journey: get help from/have conflict with gods along the way and have a group of followers
• strong leader: make good speeches, solve problems/manage conflict well, fights a powerful antagonist
• All of the above

What is an epic poem? 

• A super awesome, really long poem 
• A long poem that tells the story of a hero, originally passed down orally
• A poem written a long time ago 
• I have no clue. 

The Odyssey tells the story of Odyssey's long journey home after the Trojan War and what happens to him and his men on the way home.
They are trying to get home to... 

• Troy 
• Ithaca
• VGV
• Italy 

Who wrote The Odyssey? 

• Homer 
• Some dead guy 
• Odysseus 
• Nobody Knows 

Character motivation: the reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a certain way 
What was Odysseus' motivation? 

• To save Penelope from the suitors 
• To have fun 
• To get back home to Ithaca and his family 
• To win the war 

What kind of conflict takes place during the scenes when Odysseus and his men must survive the storms? 

• character vs. character
• character vs. nature
• character vs. self 
• character vs. society 

There are three main gods involved in the story.  Which of them helps Odysseus the most and which one interferes the most out of revenge? 

• Helpful: Poseidon 
  Hurtful: Athena 
• Helpful: Poseidon 
  Hurtful: Zeus
• Helpful: Athena 
  Hurtful: Poseidon 
• Helpful: Athena 
  Hurtful: Cyclops

An inference is a... 

• logical conclusion based on text details and prior knowledge
• random guess 
• summary 
• question

P.I.E stands for... 

• Point 
  Illustration 
  Explanation 
• Point
  Idea 
  Evidence

Theme is... 

• the message a text conveys about a topic 
• how the author feels about the characters