Thursday, November 19, 2009

Main Idea from the Odyssey

In a topic sentence, state what the main idea of Homer's The Odyssey is. Make sure to also address why that is the main idea.

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  2. In "The Odyssey" by Homer, the main idea is that if you want something you have to fight for it like Odysseus had to fight to get home.

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  3. The main idea of Homers, the Odyssey is to show the learning process of a human through foolishness to wisdom.

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  4. The main idea of the Odyssey is that violence is not the answer, and this is shown when Odysseus fights against the gods wishes and they keep him from going home.

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  5. In "The Odyssey" by Homer the main idea is you have to fight for what you want.

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  6. In "The Odyssey" by Homer, the main idea is that he needed to get home an there were many conflicts but he never stopped trying and never gave up.

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  7. In the story "The Odyssey" by Homer the main point that the author is trying to explain to his audience is that if anyone anger the gods that they will complicate their life.

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  8. In Homer's The Odyssey, his story is to explain that violence is not the way to be, this is shown because he upset the gods and they delayed his journey home.

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  9. In Homer's The Odyssey, the main idea is that when faced with many obstacles you should continue to push until you get to your destination; Odysseus shows this because he fights the cyclopes, Circe, and the Gods in order to get home.

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  10. The main point that Homer tries to convey in the Odyssey, is that some things are out of your control and you cannot fight it.

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  11. In the book "The Odyssey" by Homer the main idea is that fighting isn't the answer because Odyssey is trying to get home and every time he fights he loses men and goes off course but when he doesn't fight he starts getting on the right course.

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  12. In Homers The odyssey there is a larger message than the plot of the story, a hidden main idea. The message that Homer is trying to get across to his readers is that you can’t control everything in your life sometimes you have to let people help you and sometimes someone in higher power can control what you do.

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  13. In the odyssey by homer, The main character Odysseus go through many challenges and learns many lessons on his way home from troy which took him 20 years.

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  14. In Homer's Odyssey the main idea of the story is that violence is not always the answer and try to let life just roll and and not fight whatis supposed to actually happen.

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  15. In the Odyssey by Homer, the main idea that Homer wants to get across is that people need to know when to fight and when to use their brains and cleverness to solve problems.

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  16. The main idea of The Odyssey, by Homer, is that most of the time fighting will not help you get further in life.

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  17. The main idea of "The Odyssey" by Homer was to let fate take its corse by letting things be.

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  18. In Homer's "The Odyssey", The main idea is that sometimes fighting is not a good reason to leave your home which was the case with odysseus because he could not get home unless he fought.

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  19. In the story The Oddyssey by Homer, the main idea of the story is that you can not always fight everything, sometimes you have to let it play out.

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  20. In the Odessy by homer,the main idea for readers is learning not to fight their way through their problems like Odysseus on his journy.

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  21. The main idea in The Odyssey by Homer is that if people do not listen to mystical beings then they are most likely to get in a lot of trouble.

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  22. In the Odyssey by Homer, The main idea is to make people learn that fighting isn't always the way to settle your differences.

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  23. In Homer's Odyssey the main idea is not to fight everything, sometimes just go with the flow because Odysseus always tries to fight everything, but it comes back to haunt him.

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  24. In Homer's The Odyssey, the main idea is that fighting is not always the answer, as shown when he stops fighting, he gets home.

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  25. In Homer's the Odyssey, the main idea is that destiny cannot be overcome; even after 20 years Odysseus and Penelope still love eachother and nothing can keep them apart.

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  26. In Homer's epic poem, "The Odyssey," the main point in the story is that sometimes a battle must be won by conceding to a higher power, in this story Odysseus fought the gods and they killed his men and destroyed his life but when he conceded he got home and Zeus helped him kill all of the suitors.

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  27. In the Odyssey by Homer, the main idea is that you cant always fight somethings are out of your control.

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  28. In the Odyssey by Homer, the main idea is that fighting doesn't solve all of your problems; Circe tells Odysseys that the only way for him to succed getting home is to stop fighting.

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  29. In homer's odyssey the main idea is showing that fighting gets you no were which is what oddysseus learns in the end.

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