Friday, April 17, 2009

Rodman Philbrick




1. Rodman Philbrick was first published when he was 27 years old, after 11 years of trying.




2. I think his creativity makes him a good writer. I think this because he uses it well in the story such as the proovs and the latches.


Friday, April 3, 2009

Odysseus/The Odyssey



The Odyssey is a long epic adventure poem. Written in the 700's B.C. by the Greek poet Homer. Odysseus (Ulysses in Latin) was the King of Ithica he travelled to the city of Troy to fight the long harsh Trojan War. On his was home he ran into several different opponents such as Polyphemus (Cyclops), The Lotus-Eaters, The Sirens, and Circe who turned the men into pigs. After 20 years of being gone Odysseus returned to Ithica by himself to return to his wife Penelope.