European Literature

Odyssey

By: Homer

We all know that every gods and goddesses have each story but connected to each other. The story I’ve watched is all about Odyssey is a king and has a wife and child but one day he needs to attend a war with his soldiers, but it took a lot of years before he came back to his kingdom.

For me, the hidden message of that is that you should be humble at all times, know your priorities and learn how to follow instructions. But even though how hard the problems you encounter, there is someone who will help you. In the story, Athena was the one who helped him throughout the circumstances but in real life, God is the one who will help us and give us a problem for us to learn and be mature enough to face trials. In every places, Odyssey can get lessons through other gods too. Like us humans, every trials/ challenges God given us we can get lesson and the solution as well. He gave the hardest battle in His bravest soldiers so never give up, never ever blame Him that He is not listening nor watching you because God always listens and watching us.

-Patricia Jeanne Cesar

The story is all about a king who is powerful and can talk to any gods. When time has come, he had a mission to go to war with his troops; they fought for them to have victory. After winning the battle, the king talked to the god of water and told the God that he won without asking for any help. By that, all the gods have punished him and his troops because Odysseus became boastful and the gods doesn’t like it. The punished Odysseus and it took how many years till the he has returned home.

-Pamela Panes

     Odyssey directed by Andrei Konchalovsky is based on the Ancient Greek epic poem by homer. It touches the aspects of loyalty, reality and spiritual growth. The movie is all about a mortal man named Odysseus king of Ithaca who had struggled 10 years returning to his homeland after winning the Trojan war. The story gives us lesson about the importance of humility and being faithful which is the greatest qualities a man should have even in the darkest of times; in doubt. The movie is also good for many people who are in a difficult situation because this movie will teach us a lesson in having a positive perspective about life and inspiration just like Odysseus, trials in life makes us stronger; We can learn from it and be better after it.

-Roa Jane Pantinople

“The Odyssey” is a poem written by Homer ad was adapted in a movie in the year 1997; directed by Andrei  Konchalovsky. The story was all about a man named Odysseus who travelled in the sea to fight a war and his struggles before coming home to Ithaca. He experienced a lot of struggles in the sea. He even fought a giant cyclops and went to many places. There was a time that Odysseus together with his crews were already near Ithaca but his crews disobeyed a rule so their boat flew far away from home. Many gods helped them but I take many years that Odysseus finally returned home. Upon returning home, his wife Penelope had many suitors in the thought of Odysseus was already dead. It ends with Odysseus proves his identity, slaughtered the suitors and bring back his family and Ithaca.

The movie was a very amazing to watch. Even though the effects are not that good and not very high tech since it was shoot where technology were not that advance but still the movie emphasizes the fictional happenings and effects. The movie was not for all ages, only for adults only since it contains very matured scenes. Overall, the movie conveys the lesson well that even though we are lost, God is still on us. Even though we experienced trials in life, God will never leave our side. Perseverance is the key to success. Never give up easily and surely you’ll get the things that you really want.

-Mikaella Joy Perez

The movie “Odyssey” gives allusions to known Greek gods and goddesses, a large part of the belief systems of many ancient Grecians, and potentially the belief system of many people in the world today. The ideas of a hierarchy of gods and goddesses who fight against each other and against mortals, who control the earth , are present throughout the Odyssey which shows this sense of higher power that is present in many other scared texts. The Odyssey has a structure that is very similar to the sacred texts, being set up as a poem for a greater amount of flow and understanding. It contains various stories throughout that are alike in nature to the parables of Jesus in the Bible, each one describing aspects of morality or a part of the belief system in the text. Many sacred texts are set up in flowing, poetic way.

The Odyssey continually switches between different places, villages, and characters as the books change. This structure is very similar to the Bible, as each book focuses on something slightly different, but each part eventually makes a whole, coherent story, and belief system to follow. In addition to this, the different books each have different noticeable theme, each one pertaining to an aspect of the human condition, and describing proper morals and ethics. Throughout the Odyssey, stories that contain morals and present, a common theme in many other sacred texts. In the Bible, the parables of Jesus, the Commandments, and countless other stories, explain how to properly live your life, how to deal with others who are violent or against you. The idea of morals form some higher power that guide human behavior is a common theme in all sacred texts, and the same ideas are also present throughout the Odyssey. In the film, The Odyssey contains classical uses of language and is so fictional that they hear audible voices of gods and goddesses. During its time, the means of communication are pre- historical.

-Paul Adrie Teoxon