The Odyssey Book vs. Movie Version

Whenever you finish a book, you might go to watch the movie. Lots of people say something close to ¨The book was better!¨, or ¨The movie was better!¨. Well, a great novel and graphic novel were talking about today is The Odyssey. The Odyssey is about this man and his crew, they just got to land. The crew goes against him, eats his cows, crazy bad things happen. The crew dies, and Odyssey gets to have a good life after! Anyways, that's a brief summary of The Odyssey from both versions. I really think that the section from the book XII of Homer's The Odyssey, is better than the graphic novel segment of The Odyssey by Hinds. I think this because Homer's is the original, and it is able to let us know more of what really happened during this event, and we can all around learn better with the novel. Don’t get me wrong, Homer’s and Hind’s versions both have positives and negatives that will be shown. However, we can compare and contrast both to find about how both versions can help us learn, with Homer’s version being just a little stronger.

In the movie and the book Odysseus does a lot of the same thing. Odysseus is known to be a hero and to either win or lose. He usually has a victory, he is a very smart man who thinks everything through before going through with it. Victory motivates Odysseus. He wants to return home and live well in Ithaca. In the movie and book one of the things he does the

Whether Odysseus is exaggerating a certain scene or characteristic of himself as to come off more strong and hero-like, or Odysseus is leaving out information that adds to the understanding of the story, the story that is told and how it is perceived by the audience depends on and is directly correlated to the situation Odysseus or another character is currently in, who his audience is, and what is it that he wants from the audience. For instance, when telling his story to the Phaecians, Craig Russell claims that “Odysseus’s concern would have been not what “really happened” in the past, but rather what is most beneficial in his present”. Odysseus was focusing on evoking certain emotions and impactful pathos upon his audience in this situation, so that the Phaecian’s might have sympathy for him, feel in awe of him and trust him. Therefore, Odysseus uses storytelling based on the situation

I didn’t pick the book over the movie because I think books are boring. When you are watching the movie you don’t have to use your brain that much. When I’m watching a movie about any type of genre that has a book that goes with it, I usually ask questions to myself (in my head) about

Book to movie adaptations have been an increasingly popular style of film. Many believe that the integrity of book to movie adaptations are lost when films are not exact replicas of the book. However, adaptations are a form of interpretation that involve some means of redesigning and reconstruction to convert them into a different art form. In this paper I will argue the reasons why I agree with the claim that O, Brother Where Art Thou is based on the epic The Odyssey.

The movie ìO Brother, Where Art Thou?î is strikingly similar to Homerís ìOdysseyî in both plot and character description. In fact, one critic notes, ìO Brother Where Art Thou?î is a Homeric journey through Mississippi during the Depression.î(Ebert p 1) Thus, we find the modern film depiction of the troubles of a man during the depression is molded by the ancient struggles of Odysseus in Homerís Odyssey. Specifically, three parallels surface in the discussion of the similarities between Homerís classic epic and ìO Brother Where Art Thou?î The Cyclops encounter for instance, is transcendent between both works. Furthermore, each story contains a comparable perspective of the Lotus Eaters. Finally, the strongest parallel between the

Both of them have great challenges in their adventures but they are different in the way that they are told. For example, in “The Odyssey”, Odysseus almost drowns in the sea. However, in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, Everett, who represents Odysseus, is almost hung and shot. Another example is the scene with the Cyclops. In “The Odyssey”, Odysseus stabs him in the eye with a pole. In the movie, however, Everett kills the man who represents the Cyclops with a burning cross.

In the novel The Odyssey by Homer and O Brother, Where Art Thou? directed by Joel Coen there are many similarities that the movie takes from the book. The Odyssey is a tale about Odysseus, the king of Ithaca and warrior in the Trojan War, trying to find his way back home to Ithaca and find out if his dear wife, Penelope, has been loyal to him. Through many adventures, Odysseus has to face many obstacles in order to get back home. The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? is about three escaped convicts that are on the hunt for treasure, but really the leader just wants to get back home to his wife and family. The group go through many adventures and face many obstacles similar to the ones in The Odyssey. There are many similarities when it comes

We read the book and watched the movie. Throughout the movie there are many similarities if you pay attention closely. It doesn’t seem very similar at first glance, but everything is very well thought through. The following statements are about how the movie and book relate. “Oh Brother Where art Thou” is a replica of the book The Odyssey.

Hook? Connection? The novel, The Odyssey, by Homer is about a famous greek hero Odysseus who goes on journey to return home from the Trojan War. Odysseus goes through many hardships in his journey from, facing a terrible cyclops to having the rest of his crew killed for eating sacred cows. At the end of the story Odysseus finally returns home he kill his wife's suitors with his son and completes his journey of a lifetime. In the movie O Brother Where Art Thou? directed Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen is about a man named, Ulysses Everett McGill, who is in a hard labor sentence escapes to return to his wife, who will remarry soon, and his seven daughters. He has to other men that

The “Odyssey”, one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, and “O Brother Where Art Thou”, a 2000 a film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. At first thought you would not think the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou” and “The Odyssey” have anything in common. It is however, the modern film depiction of the troubles of a man during the depression and is molded by the ancient struggles of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey. “The Odyssey” is about a Greek warrior and is placed back in the times of mythology. Whereas, “O Brother Where Art Thou” is a movie telling of three escaped criminals trying to find a treasure (which ends up being false), and the adventures and struggles they faced along the way.

The movie was more interesting than the book because it helped me visualize the story. Most of the more exciting scenes from the movie are not in the book, this is why I like the movie more than the book.

Sing I me, Muse, and through me tell the story of the lady nymph goddess Calypso. Oh so beautiful and immortal who lives in the sea- hollowed caves on the island Ogygia. She craved the hero of Troy, king of Ithaka, son of Laertes, a mortal and took him as her own. Nine long years they spent on the island together.

In the 1997 film version of The Odyssey the director made several changes from the book, including characterization, settings, the order of events, and some events are removed or shortened. These changes may have helped the movie move along faster, however the changes were not effective in accurately portraying The Odyssey and giving the viewer a deep understanding of the characters and their experiences. The way that Odysseus's crew is killed is changed in the film, the meeting with the Phaiakians is cut short, as well as the meeting with Menelaos. Due to these events being cut short or changed, the viewers did not get a good understanding of the characters that appear in these events, and what their purpose is in helping the heroes of the

The book The Odyssey by Homer and the 1997 movie The Odyssey portrayed many real world learning aspects into each take of the story. The book and the movie both had many big ideas that were expressed as the same but had many detailed and specific ideas that were different.