Friday, November 20, 2009

The Odyssey: Main Idea/Conflict?

Regarding Book 10 in The Odyssey, please write two sentences. The first should address the main idea in Book 10. The second sentence should address the primary conflict in Book 10. Please number your sentences.

29 comments:

Randy E said...

The main idea seems to be that Odysseus likes Circe. The main conflict is how Odysseus can't go home.

Anonymous said...

1: main idea. I think the main idea is that Odysseus is trying to get home!!!!!!

2: The conflict: I think the conflict is the bag that they thought was gold and it was a wind thing that sent tthem back to the island.

Paige D said...

The main idea of the book is that Odessues is trying to get home. The conflict is that he keeps running into obstacles that keep him from returning home.

kenziee said...

The main idea in Book 10 is Odysseus and his men finding Circe. The Conflict is Odysseus' men turning into swine, and Odysseus starting to fall for Circe.

abby bockenkamp said...

1) i think the main idea is about falling under the spell of love. because odysseus goes in not liking cerca and then he starts to fall for her.
2)the main conflict is the fact that odysseus and his men are stuck at the island of cerca because odysseous is under a spell and cerca does no want him and his men to leave the island so they are stuck.

AidanC said...

1. I think the mainn idea is everyone faces challenges with the problems they have.
2. I think the conflict is man vs. self because he is given tests on the problems he has in his personality.

SaSha M said...

the main idea is that odysseus is trying to get home and the conflict is tha the cant go home

Anna S said...

1.The main idea of book ten is helping each other.
2. The primary conflict is some are enemies and do not want to help others.

Pierce M! said...

1. The main idea of this story is that Odysseus is trying to get back to his home land.

2. The conflict of this story is that people are getting in the way of Odysseus trying to get home.

ErikaK said...

The main idea of the story is helping each other, especial your ship mates. One conflict Odysseus faced was the power of her spell, but he had the special stuff to over come it.

AJ.B said...

I am going to assume that Homer meant to have the theme be woman can make a man forget home. The book is a person VS. person conflict

meganl said...

1. The main idea of the for the Odyssey book 10 is, is Odysseus a true hero while on his journey home?
2. The conflict of the Odyssey for book 10 is the struggles Odysseus went through on his voyage home.

Jason L said...

1. Main Idea: The main idea of book ten is Odysseus meeting Circe and her changing his men into pigs. Odysseus is helped by the messenger god Hermes, who gives him a way to be immune to Circe's magic.
2. Conflict: The conflict is man vs woman, where she wont let Odysseus and his men go back home and have a sage journey.

Matt E. said...

1) The main idea is how Odysseus is trying to stay although his shipmates want to leave.
2) The conflict is man vs. sea because Odysseus is trying to sail home but he doesn't know the way to get back.

Anonymous said...

1. The main plot of book 10 is that Odysseus and his men arrive at an island, where an evil witch tries to persuade them into staying there. But when Odysseus tries to leave, he is told that he can't go home until he reaches the underworld.
2. The primary conflict is that Odysseus cannot go home until he confronts Hedes, the god of the underworld.

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alexc said...

the main point of this story is that odysseus is attracted to Circe and he keeps being persuaded by her.

jacksonader said...

1-The main idea of this story is odysiuses wants to get home. And he has to face every trouble in life. But they are harder than normal.
2-He gets blown onto this island where his men and himself are being tempted by one of the gods.

Peyton M. said...

1. the main idea is about how Odysseus is on his crazy adventure and how he has to go through many obstacles in his journey, and somehow he always gets out of it.
2. the obstacle for book 10 is about the Godess that makes temptations and turns his friends/shipmates to piggies.

Lindsay W. said...

1. The main idea is that yet again, Odysseus tries to find his way home and is blown off course by his eager men's foolish curiosity.
2. The Primary conflict is that Odysseus keeps getting sidetracked by inhumanly things.

wildernessexploror121 said...

The main idea in Book 10 of the Odyssey is that Odyssues even though he had the Moly option of Hermies he fell into Crecie's spell. The main conflict is between Odysseus and Eurylochus with thier opposing vievson the evil goddess Cercie.

Sharon S. said...

The starting journey of Odysseys and his men. During this book he has last several men.

Hayden C said...

The main idea is that Odysseus is just trying to get home however he can.
Th conflict is that Odysseus keeps getting set back like the bag of winds or with Circe.

KymS said...

I think that the main idea is that Odysseus ignores his mens requests for home because he starts to like Circe, so some of him men start to speak out.

I think that the conflict is that he likes Circe and his men cant stand it because of their desire to go home,so the conflict is man vs. man.

Allie Sutterer said...

i think the main idea is that odysseus is trying to get home.the conflict is that he is falling for cercies.

BrittanyJ said...

Main Idea: The story is about Odysseus falling for Circe. They are both starting to fall for each other. In the process Circe becomes a little less intimidating while falling for him. Odysseus also frees his men and they keep reminding him of home in the precess.

Conflict: Odysseus and Circe fall for each other and his men try to talk him out of it but it doesnt really work

HaileyD19 said...

The main idea of the Odyssey is about a man named Odyseous who's trying to get back to his homeland after triumphing in Troy and faces many challenges like beast and monster to powerful scary gods.

The conflict is all the problems and challenges he faces while traveling home.

Madisonw said...

1) the main idea is that Circe really likes Odysseus and wont let him go home,(thats why shy turned his men into pigs!)
2) the conflict is that Odysseus's cant go home(opening the bag sent them to the island!)

peterm said...

i think that the main idea in book ten is that you can overcome anything if you stick your mind to it. i think the main conflict is the godess.