James Joyce and Ulysses

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[Jim14Qc]

Ulysses is the same story as the Odyssey, except from the Romans right? Anyway I'm in college readying the Odyssey right now, and thank god for sparknotes. It's not TOO bad, but I don't enjoy it so usually I just read the resumes online and quick analysis and understand the book better than 90% of the class who actually read it.

I really don't see why I should care about this story.

[XXXNoahXXX]

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Ulysses is the same story as the Odyssey, except from the Romans right? Anyway I'm in college readying the Odyssey right now, and thank god for sparknotes. It's not TOO bad, but I don't enjoy it so usually I just read the resumes online and quick analysis and understand the book better than 90% of the class who actually read it.

I really don't see why I should care about this story.

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Odyssey < Iliad +Aeneid, but all are awesome.

[Astyanax]

Jim14C - if ur having trouble, pm me and I'll help ya

If you read the Odyssey more than once you will realise that Homer (or whoever the author(s) is/are) is writing 2000 years ahead of his time..the plot is familiar to the audience and yet the excecution is unparalleled except for the Iliad imo.

The Aeneid for me does an amazing job of paying homage to the Iliad and Odyssey (obv read first line) but falls short of a truly great epic in comparison to aforementioned and Beowolf.

[Jim14Qc]

astyanax, I like the story. I just don't enjoy the writing style so much. That's probably due to fancy translation, and being French some of it gets lost during my readings (which usually take place in the bus at 7.30am,barely awake).