Monologue From Odysseus From Homer's Odyssey '

Hi, I am one of the men that Odysseus, my captain picked. Picked for what? Well, he picked me to go see what the land of the Lotus- eaters would be like and who would live there. I am feeling proud of that since I was one of the only three men who got to go. We are setting off to see who lived on this Lotus- eaters island. Whoa, look, there are some men like us here. They don't seem harmful. Oh, thanks for the offering for the fruit, but I'll pass. Wait, no. Food! I felt like I haven't eaten food in years. Being out at sea all day sure makes me hungry. I'll eat just one, and then we'll go report to Odysseus. Chomp! Oh, how sweet and divine! I love it. Need more, and more, and more. "Okay, my friend, lets go report back to Odysseus telling …show more content…
"Here some more that we can eat!" I offered to my friends. Maybe I should go tell my captain about this place. Actually, no. They'll figure it out themselves. Why waste time reporting something when you can eat this Lotus fruit? Om, nom, nom. Delicious! Hey look, there is Odysseus. "Odysseus, royal son of Laertes, come, come eat this wonderful fruit. We will never ever have to go back to Ithaca on a long hard journey. As long as you take a tiny bite, I am sure you'll love it." I shouted out to him Odysseus, looking at me with fury and running over says, "What are you doing, sitting here eating this Lotus fruit. You should have came back to the ship to report to us. Come now, let's go back to the ship and head to Ithaca." I thought about it for a second. Then said, "Why should I go back when there is so much delicious fruit sitting on this island just for me?" while munching one of the fresh Lotus fruits I found. Yum, yum, yummy. I could never starve, ever on this island with all this fruit. Odysseus asks my comrades who came with me and were also munching on the fruit if they had any intention of going home which was a big fat