Journal Of Odysseus Of Homer's Odyssey

Hi, my name Odysseus. You have probably heard of the many struggles that I’ve faced these past couple of years. I have been from island to island losing men left and right, which is due to my many misfortunes. The story I’m about to tell you is a little gruesome if I do say so myself. The choices that I made in this particular place may not have been the best. For now Poseidon, the god of the sea, dislikes me. And on this note, I will start the story. One day as we were sailing at sea, we saw an island in the distance. As we came closer, we saw the wine, cheese, and sheep that were here on this island. Surprised, we soon stopped on the island and went into this gigantic cave. It was tremendously large and filled with all the cheese and wine a group of men could ever ask for. As we began to eat and drink, we heard large footsteps of something outside. My men and I all looked at each other with crooked faces wondering what could make such large sounds with its’ feet. Then we saw it, the root of all the problems we would face on this island. The cyclops, whose name is Polyphemus, was coming to rest in his cave. The cyclops put a huge boulder over the door, so that we could not get out and so that no light could come in. Polyphemus made …show more content…
Quickly I came up with plan. We would hide under the goats. As we were sneaking out, Polyphemus felt the goat's’ skin but didn’t notice my men or I under them. As soon as we had escaped and gotten back onto our boat, I taunted Polyphemus. He was angry! He picked up a boulder and threw it at our ship. Then I proclaimed,” If anyone asks who did this, tell them that it was Odysseus.” And Polyphemus began to pray that Poseidon would avenge me and my men. He said that there would be hardships at home and that all my men would die. If you know the rest of the story, I’m sure that you think that it was crazy that all these things happened to