The End

So in class on Tuesday we talked about our last three books in Iliad.  I really enjoyed these three books to be honest.  I was curious during the whole book about how was going to end up dieing.  I thought Achilles was the one who was going to die frist because his mother was always reminding him that he was destined to have a short life.  So when Hector was killed, I was surprised.  I thought it was entertaining how Achilles tied Hectors body to the chariot and drug it in the dust.  I felt bad for Hector's wife and son after she heard about her husband's death.  I was proud of Achilles when he gave back Hector's body at the end of the book.  I do wish that we could have read the whole book in order to fully understand what had gone on.  But I understand we wouldn't be able to get through the rest of the books this semester if we read all of the Iliad.  I enjoyed this book more then I thought I would have!

Hey Yall!

So, I set up this blog for my Humanities class.  We are assigned to blog about what we learn, understand, or what we don't understand, etc. about class that week.  So, this week in class we started reading the book The Iliad by Homer.  My Humanities class is a semester long and we have a lot of other books to read; so we have been skipping around in the Iliad.  We have read books 1, 6, 8, 11. and 16 so far.  I sort of wish that we had more time to read all of the Iliad because by the time I read book 11 and 16 there were new characters coming into the picture and new events.  But quite a few of my classmates have said that they have watched the movie Troy and I am thinking it might help if I watch it for myself.  I really admire Athena, Zeus's daughter, she is the goddess of wisdom and war.  She sides with the Greeks and tries to help Achilles and the rest of them with the war.  In doing so, she is not afraid to stand up to the mot powerful god, her own father, Zeus.  That takes a lot of strength and guts!