the oddysey

The Odyssey: The Book and Movie

There have been many great books, which have been made into movies. The Odyssey, an epic written by Homer, has been made into a movie depicting the book, but the movies are not always accurate to the books. Some movies might have some important details missing from the adventures and these details can sometimes change the whole original story. In the odyssey there are many bits and pieces separating the book and movie.
In the book after the Battle of Troy Odysseus and his men sail to the island of the Lotus Eaters, where they stay for a little while. The Lotus Eaters treat them well and offer them food and drink. The Lotus-eaters offer them the rare and unusual flower called lotus and Odysseus’s men accept the lotus, and eat it thinking that it is food, but it turns out that the Lotus causes memory loss. In puts them into a trance where they have no cares. Odysseus’s men are forced off the island by the others and put back on the ship...