Now the Odyssey's story is finally beginning! It is going much faster than Telemachus' part of the story was. These are some questions that I have from books 5-7:
1. When Calypso gave Ulysses the heavy clothes, which later weighed him down when his raft was shipwrecked, did she do that on purpose? She knew that he would have struggles ahead, so did she give him the clothes in hopes to drown him?
2. "...he floated about for 2 nights and 2 days in the water...". Was he just floating on his back or did he have a piece of the raft?
3. What are shuttlecock and battledore? It sounds like some kind of game. ("...winds were all playing battledore and shuttlecock with it at once.")
I was confused at first when Minerva was talking to Nausicaa in the form of her friend. It made more sense when I found out it was a dream. I was surprised at the amount of boasting Nausicaa does when she is telling Ulysses which house was her father's. It seems like such hospitable people wouldn't brag so much. Overall, the book isn't really confusing anymore, and I don't have tons of questions about it.
I agree! It does seem like Telly's story is very long(and kinda depressing), while his father's is moving along very quickly and getting to the adventure parts.
ReplyDeleteAwesome that you understand the book better now!
ReplyDeleteThese are great questions.I'm not sure there is really a definite answer for the first two, so they are good to contemplate. For the third, I believe you are correct.
I found Minerva appearing in different forms could be confusing as well, because I was unsure of her identity!