I am so happy that Ulysses' story is finally over! To this point, I have found myself rather enjoying this book. What really surprised me was the Ulysses' told another story in book 14, which I was wondering if some of it was made up. How many stories is there going to be? It seems like there is a lot and almost too many to cram in there so close together.
Also, I was wondering why we can't be so generous like Eumaeus is with Ulysses when we have guests. I think that this is because of 9/11 that we can't trust everyone like we used to.
There were some parts that I found to be confusing with switching of perspectives and all.
This whole section that we had to read was basically stories and plotting against the suitors. I wish that something more exciting had happened other than what happened in the stories.
I found that it was more difficult to post my thoughts as I was reading, because in the paragraph it would be answered. But something that wasn't answered directly in the text was why Ulysses had to keep Penelope in the dark. Was it because she might spread the word to others that weren't supposed to know? Like the suitors? I was also wondering when they are going to take their revenge. It seems like they should do it sooner rather than later for the well-being of the others.
I was also surprised at Ulysses's fluency in the old beggar's story. Did Minerva put the story in his mind? I don't know. This story is kind of weird.
ReplyDeleteI agree on the whole generosity part. I think that part of it is that people are less keen to just showing up on people's doorsteps nowadays.
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