When reading books II-IV in The Odyssey, I found that I enjoyed it a lot more than the first book. The second book seemed to be all about Telemachus denouncing the suitors and telling the people of Ithaca about his journey, the suitors arguing with him, and he and Minerva preparing to leave. It was interesting to hear what the suitors had to say about how Telemachus' mother was tormenting them and was the one at fault. I found it surprising how rude and cruel Eurymachus was to Halitherses the prophet, saying that it was a pity that he wasn't dead. I especially enjoyed the third and fourth books, and I found it very interesting to hear what Nestor and Menelaus had to say to Telemachus. One thing that confused me was that when Nestor was telling Telemachus about how Aegisthus and Agamemnon's wife had succeeded in killing Agamemnon, Nestor called Aegisthus "false Aegisthus." I don't know what that was supposed to mean. When Telemachus came to Lacedaemon and spoke with Menelaus, Menelaus also talked to him about Aegisthus and Agamemnon, which really helped me to understand this particular story a lot better. I think it was important that it helped explain the story because Homer has continued to use this story to compare it to the tale of Ulysses. Next, when I read about the plans that the suitors were making to kill Telemachus, it made me feel very angry at the suitors. I don't see how these people can be so evil. I was also annoyed at Noemon, who was the one who let the suitors know about Telemachus being gone, even though he didn't mean to. Noemon sort of wrecked Telemachus' plans by doing what he did, and he worried Penelope. As I read on, I was very glad to hear that Penelope was comforted by Minerva. So far, I am liking this story a lot more than I thought I would, and I am interested to read on.
After looking at the pictures of heroes in art, I realized that even though the four pictures represented very different types of heroes, they were all still heroes. I also realized that they all shared some of the same qualities. The picture of fire fighters showed that these that men were very brave. Fire fighters save people from fires, so they have to be extremely courageous and persevering. They also seem to be pretty confident in what they do. Soldiers, another one of the pictures, are heroes as well. The American soldiers in the photo fought for our freedom, and had to be strong, brave, and confident in what they were doing. These soldiers would've also had to persevere, and probably had to encourage men at times to continue to fight. The photo of batman was a more obvious picture of a hero because when I think of heroes, immediately I think of made up superheroes, like superman and batman. Batman is very strong and brave, which are both characteristics of a hero. Finally, the last picture showed a statue of Hercules with a lion. Hercules was a hero because he was strong and brave, and killed the Nemean lion. He was confident, and ran straight towards the lion, with the belief he could kill it, and he was able to. All of these different heroes fought to help others in some way. Even though the word "hero" might not be the first word that comes to mind when seeing some of these pictures, all of the people in the pictures are heroes.
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