1. golden compass
It is natural for the human race to seek truth and honesty. In courtrooms the person who is testifying must swear on the Bible to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. We learn to be truthful from our parents, who tell us to honor and practice honesty. Most religions teach their pupils to value truth and to to use it well and not give into the temptation to take the easy way out by lying. When children go to school the teacher wants them to tell the truth. Kids want their friends to tell the truth about what they think of them and what did so and so say about them. Children also learn about truth by reading stories where the main character lies and gets in trouble and realizes that he/she was wrong. Many stories have the idea of truth in them, two of them are The Golden Compass and The Odyssey. In Homer's epic poem The Odyssey and in Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass the notion and value of Truth is displayed through symbolism and characterization. .
In The Odyssey, Odysseus thinks that he is in charge of his life, not knowing or believing that the gods have a say in what happens. Though he is proved wrong when Athena tells Odysseus that he is meant to go on his journey to Troy and to many other lands. She is the embodiment of truth in the story, and guides Odysseus throughout his perils in many disguises while he tries to get home to Ithaca. Athena shares her wisdom with Odysseus to help lead his crew. Truth is represented by the crew trusting and respecting Odysseus because he always tries to be honest with them. He cannot tell the truth at one point because he doesn't think it is a good idea to tell the crew that they are all going to die. The crew's dedication is essential to the story and the loyalty that they have for Odysseus. .
Furthermore, their loyalty is partly due to his leadership skills; even though he did not make very many good choices along the way.
Philip Pullman wrote a fascinating novel called The Golden Compass. This is a fantasy story about the adventures of a young girl from the motley streets of Oxford to the vast expanse of the Arctic in the North. Lyra's adventures begins when she overhears hushed talk of the magic dust, an extrao...
The Iliad and the Odyssey will prove to be literature that shapes a nation. ... Homer captured truths that were common to his people and are still common to all of man kind to this day. ... The Odyssey is a true love story. The Odyssey celebrates the love of a husband and wife. ... Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey in the eighth century B.C. ...
But The Odyssey is truly identified as one thing, an epic. ... The hero in The Odyssey is obviously Odysseys. ... Odysseys conquers this characteristic in several ways. ... Odysseys travels far and wide just ti return home. ... The Odyssey is packed with them. ...
In Search of the Truth About Truth and Honesty The chair in the center of the room is green. ... To get a straight answer on what the truth really is, one would have to define "truth."" Truth, lies, integrity, beliefs.. ... What is put out there as the truth is not always the truth. ... In my search to find the true meaning of honesty, I have come to the conclusion that there will never be a way to truly tell what is the truth and what is a lie. ...
The gods in The Odyssey are who held Odysseus captive for over eight years. ... In The Odyssey both free will and fate occur. (Sparknotes) The Odyssey represents free will in that it gave choices. ... Works Cited Odyssey. ... (teacher) 2001 Odyssey Class Discussion Odyssey Plot Summation. ...
Hospitality in the Odyssey Hospitality has played a large role in ancient Mycenaen society and is even evident in the writings of the time, as witnessed in Homer's Odyssey. Hospitality reveals itself as a domineering factor in the way characters act and the way characters are treated in the Odyssey. One instance of the role of hospitality in the Odyssey occurs early on in the epic when Telemachus secretly set off to find Nestor. ... In the Odyssey, the good offered hospitality, and the bad fed off of the hospitality of others. ... Among all cultural elements of ancient Greek so...
In the ancient Greek society, like the society present in the book "The Odyssey," hospitality is exactly what was anticipated from the people. You can say that hospitality is kindness and hospitality is an important part of Homer's "The Odyssey." Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" contains a reoccurring theme of hospitality. ... Not everyone is a gracious guest in "The Odyssey." ...
Golden Aphrodite "Muse, tell me the deeds of golden Aphrodite the Cyprian, who stirs up sweet passion in the gods and subdues the tribes of mortal men and birds that fly in air and all the many creatures that the dry land rears, and all that the sea: all these love the deeds of rich-crowned Cytherea." (Hom.Hym.5.5) Aphrodite was beautiful, and often depicted with flowers and vegetation that surrounding her golden aura representing her connection with fertility. ... In contrast, Homer, who is most famous for the Odyssey and Iliad, tells of her birth from Zeus and Dione, connecting her as the...