This thoughts Evert off track and he forgets what he was sent to find was car parts. Everett leaves to get parts to fix the car, but his main concern on his mind was finding products to fix his hair. Both men are vain, in O brother Where Art Though, this is depicted when Everett and his crew work on getting a get a way car fixed. This is just like when Tiresias prophesizes the future of Odysseus and his crew in Land of the Dead. The Blind railroad conductor also prophesied the future of the main characters. Everett show how cunning he can be by coming up with a plain that cons a blind man out of extra money by making him think that there is eight of them. Odysseus does this in a similar way by telling King Alcinous about his tale for a ship ride home. To overcome this Everett’s group singing about their lives for money. While on the run, they both struggle with obtaining money. But before either can achieve this, they must both go through many tests that shows their straights and intelligence. Odysseus is just as cunning, quick-tongued, sharp, leader, wants to go home to see his family. His crew who was almost done with their time now add an addition 80 years tacked on to their sentence and was extremely upset with Everett. He apologizes to his men and explains how he just wanted to get back to his wife and family. After they escape with him, he feels obligated to tell them the truth about there being no treasure. He convinces his men to follow him by telling them that there was treasure he knew, and he would split it with them if they came with him. In order for Evert to go back to his wife and family, Everett and his crew escapes a chain gang.
Ten of these years he was in the Trojan War and the other tens years was spent trying to find his way back home. In the Odyssey, Odysseus has been away from his family for 20 years. Ulysses Evert McGee is depicted as cunning, quick-tongued, sharp, leader, wants to go home and see his family.
Though this is not exactly parallel, this shows the obstacles that had to be overcome in order to achieve the goals they set out for. Pete is betrayed by his cousin, when his cousin reports the three convicts to the authorities. Odysseus’ crew, who is his army, also go along with everything Odysseus suggests, end up dead because of it. Everts Friends, go along with everything Evert suggests, Pete ends up going to jail again and all three become outlaws because of it. Everett met his friends Pete and Delmar While in jail and a random guy they meet later on the road. Both Everett and Odysseus have friends that are constantly getting into trouble with. One of the biggest similarities is that they are both show higher intelligence than those around them. The epic heroes Everett almost mirrors Odysseus character. O Brother, Where Art Thou, grabes the audience’s attention with feelings of being able to relate to the story. Happening in the 1930’s1930s Mississippi during the great depression. Along the way, he finds peace once completing his final challenge. In O Brother, Where Art Thou, Everett is taken from his family and journeys back to them. He is forced to face many distractions, and finally when he returns home, he faces another challenge before he can find peace. The Odyssey, Odysseus is taken from his family and journeys back to them. He does this by using similar scenes and characters.
gives the viewers another chance to get a better understanding and be empathetic with to the characters in The Odyssey. Through the production of the film O Brother, Where Art Thou, the 2,500-year-old Greek classical, The Odyssey was brought into 21st century. Both Odysseus’ and Ulysses were great leaders, so great their men would follow them anywhere.
#O brother where art thou odyssey parallels movie
Let’s begin with the most basic and obvious similarities, the movie and the book both begin with the same line ” Sing in me O muse.” The Greek name Odysseus translates to the name Ulysses in Latin. There are many ways to for the movie plot and characters, to Odysseus’s journey in The Odyssey. The book tells the tale of our hero Odysseus as he attempts to make it home to his wife. The book The Odyssey is a timeless classic and it was written by the mysterious bard Homer. Johnson 4-2-19 Title O Brother, Where Art Thou, directed by the Coen brothers features a cast of talented actors.
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