The Odyssey 9-12

   One week until the British are coming, the British are coming!
    The Odyssey reading went well this week as well. I liked Ulysses' adventures, he's so much more interesting than Telemachus (he's a few apples short of a bushel). My favourite part was when he went to Cyclopes' island. It reminded me of how you have the stereotypical horror movie in which it's a lovely fall day. A group of teenagers decide to spend that day exploring a haunted house after they accidentally throw a baseball through the front window, or see Sheep and food in Cyclops' cave. However, the smart person in the group (who is not Ulysses in this case) says, "Let's go, this place is bad and scary. If we don't get out of here with whatever we want, we'll be killed." No one, surprisingly, listens (if they did, no one would like the story due to a good plot line being taken away), and people get killed. Also, they don't get the baseball, or if they do, it's not until the very end. So what I'm basically trying to say is, Ulysses diplomatic tendencies get him in trouble in this chapter. His jeering at the Cyclopes, which Neptune apperantly adores and dotes upon, didn't help either, and Ulysses (who was a few chips short of a cookie) should have chewed his words before spitting them out.
   My second favourite part was when Circe turned Ulysses' men into pigs. It sounded like something out of a Disney movie, with more description. When she turned them back, though, was even better. It was like she recycled the guys and turned them into stronger, faster, more youthful versions of theirselves. Therefore, Ulysses got a new bunch of sailors for free!
   So the rating for books 9-12? Nine out of ten!