Homer's+The+Odyssey

Group Members: Krista Chinavare Brianna Crothers Ryan Dixon Carmen Ellis


 * Starting Points to Consider:**

//__The Odyssey__// __& Odysseus__
 * What is //The Odyssey//? Why is it classic literature?


 * What elements, motifs, characters, themes, settings, events, or symbols in //The Odyssey// are similar to the Harry Potter books? To other books?

= = =Comparison of //Harry Potter, And Odysseus//:=

__//The similarity and differences of two epic heroes.//__
 = = = = = = = = = **Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces** =
 * //Odyseus's Journey://** Odyseus's Journey starts after the city of troy falls, which begins his 20 year struggle to make his way home.
 * //Harry Potter's Experience://**
 * //The Similarties://**
 * //The Differences//:**
 * Definition of a Hero** - A hero is self-sacrificing
 * Definition of a Hero** - A hero is self-sacrificing


 * Hero's Life:**
 * **Birth** (comes from our parents, they form our bloodlines and put in place our potential) - Harry was born to be "killed" by Voldemort, He is The Chosen One, Voldemort picked him from the beginning because of his //birth//day when Neville had the same birthday as Harry.
 * **Childhood** (psychological dependence) - Harry did not have very much of a psychological dependence in his childhood on The Dursley's.

>>**Call to Adventure** (tests along the way, have insights and revolations, normally with "helpers" along the way that are wise characters) - In every book Harry faces many trials, he overcomes numerous accounts of Dark Magic, Snape would be considered a "silent" helper and Dumbledore is there along the way guiding Harry because he knows in the end it has to be Harry to kill Voldemort. Eventhough Ron and Hermoine are always with Harry on all the adventures it's not until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that Harry realizes that he needs them to find all of the horcruxes.


 * **Hero's Adventure:**
 * **departure** - starts when Harry leaves for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
 * **fulfillment** (realization of higher things in life) - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
 * **return** - Look into the future at end of book 7

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell - Campbell, Jospeh. //The Hero with a Thousand Faces//. 1. Pantheon Books, 1949

How does Odysseus and his journey compare to Harry and his experiences?

//Introduction:// The Odyssey is a major Greek poem in part of a series and takes place after the fall of Troy. It is centered around the hero Odysseus and the journey he takes.

Works Cited:

"Homer's Odyssey." //Homer, from The Odyssey, Book XII Translation//. Great Books. Web. 18 Sept. 2011. .