Ransom David Malouf Essay

Invictus and Ransom both tell similar themes such as leadership but in the different forms. On the one hand, Invictus - a film directed by Clint Eastwood – inspires true story about Nelson Mandela works as the president of South Africa. Throughout the film, we see how Mandela using his leadership to help unite the country as well as abolish the discrimination between White and Black. On the other hand, Ransom, by David Malouf which is about Priam, King of Troy decides to leave the city and get back

to this day. Otero 4 Homer presence can still obviously be felt in the 21 century in many different medias. There are plenty of books that spin of the main ideas of the Iliad and the Odyssey books like the Ilium, The lost books of the Odyssey and Ransom are still being published today. Even in Hollywood the presence of Homer can be felt in such movies as Troy, and O Brother Where Art Thou. -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. As per Heinrich Schliemann, an amateur archaeologist