I'M DONE (The End of the Odyssey)

AT LAST!! :) :) :) Ok, so it wasn't really that bad, but I'm kind of tired of it. When I started it seemed like Ulysses was a good guy, but at the end he's murdering everyone, even his servants, and he's enjoying it. That just seems wrong. It seems like most everyone then thought that killing (which, in general, is different than fighting in a war to me) was good. I'd didn't like it at all. One thing I found highly confusing/annoying is that in many areas of the book it would say one thing, then a few pages later would say another. One example of that sort of thing was when Ulysses would swear upon the gods to tell the truth about his trip (or something), then he would tell a complete lie. It was so annoying! I'm glad we're done for now.

The Odyssey: Books VIII-XVII

I enjoyed this section of the book. I am glad to see Ulysses and Telemachus both together and safe (ish) for the moment. I am predicting that they will over power the suitors, but that Ulysses will get injured, and maybe die. I hope that Eumaeus doesn't get dragged into the disagreements between the Suitors and Ulysses, but he probably will support Ulysses because of his loyalty. Yet again, I found spelling and grammar errors. They are getting very tiresome. I am still intrigued by the difference in the culture then, and now, and the differences between their religon and mine.