Use your dialectic journal rubric to determine what the strengths and weakness of these journal entries are. Quote Analysis Strengths Weaknesses “He brought her This quote shows how so many hospitality is an important part presents, of the structure of The plunder out of Odyssey. Odysseus and his Troy, that’s it… shipmates expected gifts And who has because of their Greek gifts from beliefs, but the Cyclops didn’t Aiolos?” (10.46- give presents. The Greek 49) beliefs might contrast with the Cyclops beliefs.
“Here we put in, Aiolos welcomes Odysseus
lodged in the into his island, “Here we put town and in, lodged in the town and palace….” palace….” Aiolos sits down (10.14-16) and listens to all of Odysseus’s stories. This shows hospitality throughout Aiolos and how he’s a nice god. If you do good things. Aiolos trusts Odysseus and gives him a bag of wind. Name: Date:
“…to help a The text states, “to help a
man the man the blessed gods detest- blessed gods out! Your voyage here was detest-out! Your cursed by heaven.” (10.84- voyage here 85) This shows that Aiolos was cursed by believes Odysseus is cursed heaven.” by the gods to never return (10.84-85) home again. He also isn’t willing to help Odysseus any longer and casts him away. This is important because it represents a large part of Greek culture; of how the gods had the power to curse people and control mortals fates. Odysseus and his crew finally leave Kyklopês Land and reach Aiolia island, the land where Aiolos lives, the “Warden of winds”. There Odysseus is presented with a bag containing all the winds, given to him by Aiolos to take the tragic/epic hero and his “squadron spanking home” back to Ithaka.(165-166) Here, Odysseus has lost a lot of his crew throughout his journey and, Aiolos assists Odysseus on his hero's journey, 4 o’clock in the hero’s journey cycle.