Odyssey And Morrison Home Analysis

Throughout Homer’s Odyssey and Morrison’s Home, the different societies have their own ways of working together as a community. Even though the communities have similarities, there are many ways in which they are actually different. The major difference between the communities within the two stories is the way in which both of them are able to express their sense of unity in their societies. Within Homer’s Odyssey, most of the poleis throughout the epic maintain a sense of arrogance. Each polis wanted the next to know how great they were and wanted to gain the attention in order to seem as if they were the best one around. While Odysseus was visiting the Phaeacians, he was challenged by the men to participate in sports in order to prove himself …show more content…
Due to the marginalized society present within Home, attention towards the black community could lead one to encounter issues that could be hazardous. One example of this type of encounter occurs in the very beginning of the book. We see Frank trying to escape from a mental hospital without getting caught by anyone. Later it becomes apparent that Frank was a soldier in the Korean War and now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Frank gets put into the mental hospital after raging due to his PTSD. We find out from John Locke that the bodies of the dead are sold to be experimented on in hopes to improve the lives of the white …show more content…
They believe that everything they wanted, they should be allowed to get without anything standing in their way. All of the suitors in the Odyssey believed that they had the right to try to pursue Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, even though they were unsure of whether or not Odysseus was actually dead or not. The suitors even tried to force Penelope to choose one of them before she was even ready to make a choice. In Home, when Cee gets operated on by the doctor, all of the women in the neighborhood come together in order to try to help Cee regain her strength and heal from the trauma produced from the doctor. Each woman tried their own home remedies in order to help Cee. By doing so, the women are representing the selflessness of the black community in