For example she fought off the 3 heads along with the bird so that they would not feed off of injured Haku. She was also warned by the boiler room man to be very careful that Haku was very dangerous although he was injured. Yet she insisted on giving him the food from the river spirit which helped to heal him. Chihiro placed her life in danger to help her true love. Next the true loves of the hero’s affection were her parents and Master Haku.
Richard Rodriguez RN102 Due 12-19-2010 From “City Sacker” to “Great Hearted”: The Transformation of Odysseus The purpose of an ancient journey, especially that of an ancient hero, is to conduct the hero across difficult thresholds of transformation that demands change in the pattern of the hero’s life. In The Odyssey, the protagonist and hero, Odysseus is returning from a 10-year war in Troy and thus embarking on his own great journey. As Odysseus progresses along his journey he faces conflict externally, however the key conflict he faces is internally. He is struggling to find himself between two identities; the “godlike” hero and “city sacker” and the “long suffering” hero with a “great heart”. Early on it is Oddyseus’ warrior persona that prevails, but ultimately begins to recognize his limits.
Analyzing Odysseus as a Character The Odyssey is an epic poem, which revolves around Odysseus and his journey home from the war at Troy. Throughout his travels he is met with many obstacles and adventures. There are times when he thinks he will never make it home. But through perseverance, faith, maturation and heroics, he manages to survive and reach his homeland of Ithaca as a changed man. In The Odyssey, Odysseus, the main character must journey from Troy to his homeland of Ithaca.
His use of light and movement of the ferocious seas, made it look very realistic. Because it’s carrying slaves, the turbulent waters are showing the slaves’ anger at being brought to America. The viewer can see the ship trying to make it’s way through the rough waves, but it appears to be doomed. The slaves will probably end up drowning, but nothing will be made out of it. They were only thought by the whites as replaceable property.
Odysseus was told not to go to the Sirens when they call. The author writes “I carried wax along the line and laid it thick on their ears” (977). This is very clever because he muted the call of the Sirens and settled his crew’s temptation to go to them. Odysseus knew the Sirens were bad news and did not want to take any chances. He also used his quick wits by instructing his crew to tie him to the mast and refuse to let him down.
The captain place is confidant in their ideas to make a sail out of his jacket that allow them sail. The correspondent and Oilier shows brotherhood by working together after the build the sail and only had one oar. Near the end of the story the captain exhibits so true brotherhood. The captain, though injured, remains clear-headed and makes the decisions, which the others unquestioningly obey. However, the captain and the other crew members were struggling to swim to shore, but the captain unselfishly told the local man to help the drowning correspondent “but the captain waved him away, and sent him to the correspondent.:.
Odysseus wants to hear these songs of the Sirens, and he instructs his crew to tie him to the ship, to block sound from their ears with beeswax, and to tie him tighter if he pleads to be let loose. “So they sent their ravishing voices out across the air and the heart inside me throbbed to listen longer” (208-210). Odysseus is tempted to go towards the Sirens call, but his men tie him ever tightly to the ship. The Sirens tell Odysseus, “We know the pains that the Greeks and Trojans
The Mariner now realizes the trouble he has brought upon himself, yet his incapability to speak does not give him the chance to pray out loud. Indeed every action has it's consequence whether good or bad, yet the Mariner had to witness the dice game between the spirit of Death and Life-and-Death as part of his punishment since, he expressed a belief that the world is guided by luck and chaos when he killed the albatross. The Mariner's pride has set him back to realize that all of nature's creations are to be respected and appreciated. In his anguish and guilt for his shipmates the Mariner is partially expatiated as he is able to recognize the swimming sea creatures as true
Watson, tells Huck his plan of escaping slavery because he overheard Miss. Watson talking about how she might sell Jim down South. During Jim’s escape, Huck leaves the raft to explore a ferryboat with Jim. Knowing the raft has floated away, Jim “judged it was all up with him anyway it could be fixed; for if he didn’t get saved he would get drownded; and if he did get saved, whoever saved him would send him back home so as to get the reward, and then Miss Watson would sell him South, sure. Well, he was right; he was most always right; he had an uncommon level head for a nigger.(pg.
After visiting Tiresias and being told “plug you oarsmen’s ears with beeswax kneaded soft; none of the rest should hear that song.” (Homer 678) , his crew continues on the path that was set for them. When the crew approached the sirens, they tied up Odysseus to the mast and put