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Literary Luminary
Name: Aldrich Mayoralgo
Text: The Odyssey
Date: Aug 8, 2010 Sunday
Books: 5-8

Literary Luminary: The Odyssey features a powerful array of epithets and figures of
speech. Your job is: (a) to prepare a summary of the reading. Make a quick statement to discuss
the UNIVERSAL TRUTH found in the text; (b) to identify “Golden Lines”—or special passages
in the text (interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important sections). You will also ponder on
how certain lines in the text are further illuminated in succeeding scenes. Decide which passages
or paragraphs are worth remembering, and indicate how you plan to present them: (a) You can
read the passages aloud yourself, (b) ask someone else to read them, or (c) read them together
as a group. Make sure to discuss your analysis of the selected text.

Quick Statement: What, for you, is the UNIVERSAL TRUTH in the text? Compare
this with others’.

Life brings both hardships and times of celebration, and the hardships make
these times of celebration exponentially as wonderful.

GOLDEN LINES Book Significance and Analysis

Book 5 This shows how strongly
You are hard hearted gods, Kalypso doesn’t want
jealous beyond all creatures Odysseus to go.
beside

Book 5
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I wish I too had died at that time Shows Odyseuss

and met my destiny on the day thoughts on how great it
when the greatest number of is to die in battle,
trojans threw their bronze- consequently giving
headed weapons upon me. glory to his name.

Book 5
Ah me, which of the immortals is Shows how Odysseus
weaving deception against me, doesn’t trust the Gods.

Book 5
Pity me then oh lord, call me Odysseus humbling
your suppliant. himself and begging for
mercy.

Book 6
155-185 WOW, Odysseus is good
with words.
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Possible Reasons for Picking a Passage:

funny controversial important surprising

confusing informative