The Odyssey: Book 9, Lines 288-630

D) One line that I particularly enjoyed was the line in which I enjoyed was the line in which Odysseus tricked the Cyclopes by telling him that his name was nobody. It states “Nobody- that’s my name. Nobody- so my mother and father call me, all my friends.”. The rea-joke-son I liked this line because it helps lead up to the rest of Odysseus plan. This also allows him to get him and his men from the evil clutches of the Cyclopes. It also allowed him not only for him to save his men but if his planned failed then he would be the last one to survive and allow him to think of a new and better plan.

E) One character that I did not like in this reading was the Cyclopes. The reason I did not like the Cyclopes was because he believed he was able to do whatever he wanted and the rules of the Gods did not apply to him. Another reason I did not like him was because the Cyclopes brutally murdered Odysseus men just for food. As it says “We Cyclopes never blink at Zeus and Zeus’s shield of storm or thunder, or any other blessed god- we’ve got more force by far.”. This line makes him think he is better than the Gods and nothing he does has any consequences.

V) One thing that I did not understand was how the Cyclopes believed he was stronger than the Gods but yet prayed to them in his time of need. One example of this was “If I really am your son and you claim to be my father- come, grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithica, never reaches home.”.