Christina's Reflection

A) My favorite thing about this project is that I got the chance to share what I have read to the public and my fellow classmates.

B) The most challenging part of this project was putting myself into Odysseus' character.

C) I wouldn't change anything about this project.

Vaneisi´s Reflection

A)The best thing I like about that Odysseus project is that I got the be creative with my group and get a better understanding of the book.

B)The most challenging thing for me about the Odysseus Project was that I did not really read the book at first so I had to go and look back in the book.

C)Something I would change about the Odysseus project is spending more time on it than what we originally had.

Kaitlyn's Relfection

A.) The best thing I liked about this project is that it was creative and gave us the chance to put ourselves into Odysseus's point of view to understand the book.
B.) The most challenging part of this project was getting stuck midway through a post and not being sure what to right.
C.) I would change The time constraint on the project to be able to be sure that we made a good blog project.

Richards Reflection

A.what i like most about this project was that i got to interpret Odysseus as if it was me so this made the project easier for me.

B.The most challenging part of the Odysseys blog project was having to go back to the book and reading book 9.

C. I wouldn't change anything about the project. The project was self explanatory.

Odysseus and the Battle of the Cyclops

We have arrived now. We can finally rest up and snatch some food from this mysterious cave we've run into.

As me and my men walk into the cave full of sheep, cheese and milk, we will consider to rest and sail off in the morning. As we settle down in the cave, the caves inhabitant one-eyed creature soon returns. ohhhhh no! it is the cyclops Polyphemus the son of Poseidon and he will devour us!!, what will we do now that he has devour two of our man and has imprison us? I, Odysseus, will come up with a plan that will get us to freedom. Tomorrow morning i would look for something, like a staff, to stab Polyphemus in the eye and ill get him drunk of the wine that ive brought along for the ship. That will be our get away plan. #WestieIsOdysseus #BattleOfTheCyclops

The Escape

Quote: “If ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes’ son, whose home’s on Ithaka!”

My plan worked; I have defeated this cold-hearted monster. Filled with joy I am, laughing. He fell for my tremendous trick. The name I gave him has deceived him. No one will help this beast now. Kyklops stumbled to the doorstone- weak has he might be, weeping from the great pain we have caused him. The fool pushed the doorstone, and he placed his big body in the way trapping us in his cave. Terrified to see death before me, I was thinking of a way to get me and the rest of my men out of this place. For once I thought we were doomed then I saw the Kyklops’ rams and the ideas came rushing to me. I told my men: Get those lovely rams together,” As their captain, they did just that. Silently, my crew gathered the rams together while some of us stood there twinning cords from the Kyklops’ bed to tie two or three rams/sheeps together, placing a man in the middle to ride past the man-eating beast. The rams shielded the men as I planned, and we waited on “till morning to make our move when the Kyklops lets them out as he does every morning.

Dawn arose and my men got ready and placed themselves in position between the rams, but blinded, the Kyklops could not milk his rams as he does each morning, so he let them loose. Kyklops searched with extreme pain from his head and stroke each ram that he held and let them out; his hands seemed to blind him, for he did not feel the men underneath them. I took the woolliest ram of them all, the ram was caught by Kyklops. He patted him and said, “You have never lingered like this before. Are you weeping over you master’s eye? Nohbdy has worked against me.” He let loose, and when I reached where the others were, I cut myself from the ram and went around freeing my men from the rams.

Our crew back on ship was glad to see us but was sad for those who couldn’t escape death. To my crew, I said, “round up these rams for we shall feast on them on waters!” I went back to the Kyklops, and he prayed to the gods for revenge- Zeus will never give such gift to a man- eating beast. I shouted this and said to Zeus for any men or god that asked who have done this thing to you tell them the great warrior from Ithaka, Odysseus too your eye! I went off to my ship and we sailed away never to return.
#TheGreatestWarrior #Mischievious 

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The Plan

The night was terrifying, as the great monster with one eye sat awake most the night, taunting us with his glaring eye. The worst event that occurred on this horrific night was when this giant brute got hungry. With his mighty strong hands, he scooped up my men like they were nothing but a pile of pebbles on the earth and gobbled them up in seconds. Was this the punishment of the gods? If it is, may they have mercy on me, for when I meet the fearful Hades I wish not to rot in the pits of the underworld. But our savior came when the gods brought the sun into the blue sky and the giant beast had awoken and departed from his home in the cave, but of course with him, he took the lives of more of my men. It's only matter of fate before he eats me as well, and I join the army of the underworld. I refuse to meet my fate on this wretched island and to this awful beast who stole the lives of my crew. I must plan to escape this island before I meet the underworld. But how? How shall I defeat the one eyed beast? Well of course! It's eye, the monster's only weakness! I shall indulge this hideous beast with blood red wine until he is tipsy. Then, by the fate of the gods I shall drive a spear into his eye, blinding him and teaching him the consequences of the great warrior,  Odysseus!
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Entering the Cyclops Island

Land! Land once more! We are weary from the travels of the sea and Poseidon's rage against us. As we climb off the boat, the sight of flocks of woolly sheep, fresh grass and wild livestock brings joy to us, as we are starving from our journey. Taking our strongest warriors, we ventured ahead, taking care of our hunger as we went by the supplies given to us in forms of animals.with our hunger sedated, our curiosity begged to be relieved as we went further inland by the will of the gods. Among our travels. one of my men called out the sight of a large opening, the mouth of a dark cave. We stood in front, pondering if it was fate of the gods to come here or just a mere coincidence. Without much thought after it, we entered the cave. Inside, we came to a monstrous sight. In the center of the wide cave was a large figure, its shadow reflected onto us by the dancing fire it sat in front of. It turned, causing quite the racket as it shook everything around it so vigorously, the gods themselves could feel it.  When the dancing flames flickered  light upon its face we witnessed the stare of the great Cyclops before us. He had a giant round eye in the center of his forehead, a big nose with flaring nostrils and a large mouth full of rough teeth. He was giant compared to the size of mortal men, and at this moment we heard a boulder grinding against the stone floor as the entrance was blocked off, leaving us with only the flickering light of the monster's fire and the monster himself. I knew this would not end well for my crew.

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The Lotus Eaters

With the blood of the fallen stained on my hands and mind, we departed with the remaining members of the crew, as the grey sea swept us farther and farther from the island of the Cicones. Those men were fighting until the light left their eyes and great Hades stole their last gasping breath in order to avenge those we slaughtered. The sea has calmed my fighting spirit, but the guilt will haunt me for my  mortal life.  With these dark thoughts clouding my mind, the only thing that brings me hope of ever reaching home is the waves crashing against the boat. But this calm didn't last long as the waves rose high, higher then the heavens themselves as they ruthlessly crashed against our ship. The terror was seen and heard as we were drenched, head to toe. In that moment, I realized this is where we will meet our fate, our punishment from the fearful gods for our rampage. Within the madness of the storm, all I could remember was a giant wave slamming roughly against our boat. When we finally recovered from the storm, and the great sky trimmed with red from the rising sun, we found ourselves perched on the yellow sands of a calm island. Our boat had luckily survived the storm, but our supplies had been swiped away. Gathering my men and our weapons, We marched onward into the island. The sight we came upon was nothing we expected. The people here were calm and peaceful like the ocean after a storm. They came to us, beckoning us to consume a beautiful flower, a lotus. At the sight of the flower, some of the crew lunged like hungry beasts at the opportunity, but i was wiser then to fall for their tricks.  I could see past the appealing lies of appearance, and turned to my men with a warning that if this beautiful flower was consumed, you would loose sight of the hope ever going home.  With the remaining members of my crew, we dragged our tipsy brothers back across the land to the sandy shores where we had no choice but to tie them down to the ship, so they could not escape and return to the Lotus's curse of peace, and with that we were at sea again at Poseidon's will to guide us home.
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"On the sea, the only company you can have is the members of your crew, and the hopes of seeing my home land once more."

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