The Odyssey Debrief

12,109 lines of hexameter verse later, you have made it to the end of The Odyssey.

In one paragraph, please answer the following questions: How has the reading of it been your own personal odyssey?  How did you get through it?  What methods did you employ to make the reading of this long poem bearable?

In a second paragraph, please discuss your critical evaluation of the poem: 

Were you satisfied with the poem’s ending and the poem as a whole?  This is where you get the opportunity to say how much you loved it or hated it.  What would you have changed, if anything?  What parts captivated you?  What bored you?  How has reading it changed your life? J

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.

Write two paragraphs--the first paragraph should explain what the proverb means and the second paragraph should give an illustration of the proverb's meaning.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Write two complete paragraphs about this proverb.  Remember: the first paragraph is where you explain the proverb's meaning and give your personal interpretation of it.  The second paragraph is where you offer an illustration of the proverb's truth from your own personal experience, or a story you read, or a movie/show you watched. If you're feeling creative, you can even make up your own story to illustrate the proverb.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Write two paragraphs. In the first, explain the proverb's meaning; in the second, elaborate on its meaning by providing an illustration or example.

Opportunity Only Knocks Once.

Write a two-paragraph response. Explain the proverb's meaning in the first paragraph, and then give an illustration or example of it in the second paragraph.