The Dangers Of Vampires In 'The Odyssey'

Odysseus encountered Cyclops twice in this section of the book, once with his men when he landed on an island full of them. They didn 't make any contact with them at all, though shortly after seeing the island of the Cyclops they landed on an different island that they believed was safe and possibly uninhabited. They ended up being very wrong when they discovered a cave filled with sheep, cheese, and one blood thirsty giant. Did I mention that they knew he lived in the cave and continued to look around anyhow? They assumed that he would treat them kindly since taking care of strangers was considered honorary and would be rewarded by the gods, even though Odysseus recently described the Cyclops as uncultured and savage beasts. They did and …show more content…
Vampires are usually depicted as cunning, violent monsters, that drink blood and are slaves to the sun. I chose vampires as a monster that represent me because of the vampires tendency to be lonely and outlaws of society. These are some of my greatest fears, not just hurting people to survive, having to deal with adjusting to society as a freak that can 't even be out in the sun which is out 5-6 hours a day. I would have to be completely shut off from society for most of the day and don 't even get me started on trying to go outside in the summer. It would be awful to have to spend an eternity trying to live your life when you can hardly go outside. Plus, if you’re like me how could you possibly get away with being a vampire if you had parents that are very involved in your life. Maybe you could say you have suddenly become very allergic to the sun and you decided to become a full time carnivore and prefer your stakes extremely rare. That might be very hard to pull off. Going to the doctors would be awful, does doctor-patient confidentiality still applies when they find out your dead. Maybe you could convince the doctor that you just have a slow heart beat and that’s why they can’t find a heartbeat, probably not. You couldn 't pull off not telling anyone and it would be terrifying to tell your family that you’re something that people typically consider unholy and dangerous. I imagine it’s like telling your parents your gay except they probably wouldn 't freak out so much (depends on the family). With no support system you would be all alone and would have no one to help you figure out how to live your new life. Though if they freak out you might get to find out if you really can get killed by a wooden stake. Vampires reveal my fears of other people. Being accepted is one of many peoples fears and add in being a vampire and that fear is multiplied by one hundred. They society’s standards is a box that