Objective: Make connections between the Wizard of Oz and Homer's Odyssey.
Warm-Up
Take out notebooks for notebook check.
On a separate piece of paper write and answer to the following constructed response. Write at least five sentences:
When Odysseus went to war, he did not return home for twenty years. However, life still went on in Ithaca. He left his son to become "man of the house" and his wife, Penelope, alone to fight off men who wanted to marry her out of greediness.
Describe a modern day situation that reflects the above scenerio. How would you describe the above today? Are you from a single parent home or know those that are? What is life like? Are there feelings of abandonment? Loss? Struggle?
Copy the following into your notes:
1. Homer's Odyssey can be compared to The Wizard of Oz in many ways (plot and structure).
Wizard of Oz vs. Odyssey
Structure same - each starts out at home (black and white), then goes on crazy, mythical adventures for a long time, some good and some bad, but they contniue to search for home. They both end up at home.
Theme - Dorothy thinks there is something better over the rainbow. Odysseus is in a mid-life crisis.
Theme - both need to discover for themselves what is most important in life before they can go home.
Plot - evil, mythical forces keep them from getting home until they find their tue identities.
Lesson - both learn that home is where the heart is.
As we watch and read The Odyssey, we will continue to make connections between both of these adventures.
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