Ethical Issues In The Odyssey

In the movie, we see Odysseus within the character of Ulysses. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is on a long journey home to his kingdom of Ithaca. On his journey he faces many hardships such as the Cyclopes, Poseidon, Calypso and Suitors that are trying to take his beloved wife Penelope away from him. In the movie, Odysseus is portrayed by the character Ever. Ulysses has to try and make it back to his wife and kids, but faces similar hardships as Odysseus such as Big Dan, The Jail Warden, and Vernon T. Waldrup. Odysseus has to face The Cyclops. The Cyclops is prepared to eat Odysseus and his men, but Odysseus ends up outsmarting The Cyclopes by giving him a bottle of wine. This bottle of wine makes him very tipsy, and the Cyclops passes out. Odysseus …show more content…
Later in the movie Everett, Delmar, and Pete find their friend Tommy in a bad situation. He has been captured by the KKK and is about to be tied to a cross and burned. Everett notices this and decides to disguise himself as a KKK member. Big Dan somehow sees him and tries to stop him. Everett knocks down the burning cross and it his big Dan. In The Odyssey, the Cyclops turns out to be Poseidon's son. Poseidon is the god of the sea and decides to delay Odysseus's journey for a decade. In the movie, the Jail warden follows Everett and his friends in the entire movie until he finally catches them. When he catches them, a humongous tidal wave washes them all away. The entire point of The Odyssey is for Odysseus to try and get back to his kingdom, and to his family. For the ten years that Odysseus has been gone, Suitors from other nations have invaded his home and are trying to win Penelope's love. In Oh Brother where Art Thou, Everett tells his friends that if they escape prison with him, they will get part of the treasure that he hid. At the end of the movie, he tells his friends that that isn’t true, and he just wanted to get back home to his wife