The Odyssey Books I-IV Well-Developed Collaborative Response Group #: _____

Names: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

Directions: Choose one of the following prompts to address in a well-written and thoroughly developed response: The claim
should contain a thoughtful analysis of the text and be supported with sufficient accurate and relevant details from the text. The
organization of the response should give the reader a sense of the necessary flow of the explanation. The response should
incorporate analysis and utilize domain specific vocabulary (literary elements and/or literary and rhetorical devices) when
possible to. Avoid writing a mere plot summary.

Requirements for Response: Due Date: Friday, March 30th

 Typed, 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial
 Double-spaced
 Quoted evidence from the text with parenthetical citations (Book. Line #s) Example (3.1-5)

Prompt A: If you could choose to live in one of the three cities visited in Books I-IV of The Odyssey --Ithaca, Pylos, or Sparta-- which
city would you choose? Use specific details from the text to explain why. In addition, use specific details from the text to explain why
you would not choose the other two cities.

Prompt B: Although women are not widely depicted in The Odyssey, the few that are serve as prominent figures. Consider the women
we have met thus far in Books I-IV: Athena, Penelope, and Helen. Which of these women do you most admire? Use specific details
from the text to explain the traits that make this woman admirable. In addition, use specific details from the text to make a claim about
the other two women.

Prompt C: In an epic, the epic hero is a larger than life figure, usually male, who embodies the ideals of a nation or race. Using details
from the text, explain how Odysseus’ character highlights the qualities that were honored in Greek society.

Prompt D: Mark Twain once said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely
on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the
earth all one's lifetime.” In Books III and IV, Telemachus goes on a journey to discover news about his father; however, the journey
serves other purposes as well. Using specific details from the text, explain the multiple effects the journey has on Telemachus.

Prompt E: Identify a *theme that emerges at the beginning of the text and, using specific details from the text, explain how this theme
is developed throughout Books I-IV.

SKELETAL OUTLINE

Claim:

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Para 2:

Para 3:

Concluding Statement: