Summary: Book 10 (to see summary of Book 11 go to comments) The Achaeans sail from the land of the Cyclopes to the home of Aeolus, ruler of the winds. Aeolus presents Odysseus with a bag containing all of the winds, and he stirs up a westerly wind to guide Odysseus and his crew home. Within ten days, they are in sight of Ithaca, but Odysseus’s shipmates, who think that Aeolus has secretly given Odysseus a fortune in gold and silver, tear the bag open. The winds escape and stir up a storm that brings Odysseus and his men back to Aeolia. This time, however, Aeolus refuses to help them, certain that the gods hate Odysseus and wish to do him harm.
Lacking wind, the Achaeans row to the land of the Laestrygonians, a race of powerful giants whose king, Antiphates, and unnamed queen turn Odysseus’s scouts into dinner. Odysseus and his remaining men flee toward their ships, but the Laestrygonians pelt the ships with boulders and sink them as they sit in the harbor. Only Odysseus’s ship escapes.
From there, Odysseus and his men travel to Aeaea, home of the beautiful witch-goddess Circe. Circe drugs a band of Odysseus’s men and turns them into pigs. When Odysseus goes to rescue them, Hermes approaches him in the form of a young man. He tells Odysseus to eat an herb called moly to protect himself from Circe’s drug and then lunge at her when she tries to strike him with her sword. Odysseus follows Hermes’ instructions, overpowering Circe and forcing her to change his men back to their human forms. Odysseus soon becomes Circe’s lover, and he and his men live with her in luxury for a year. When his men finally persuade him to continue the voyage homeward, Odysseus asks Circe for the way back to Ithaca. She replies he must sail to Hades, the realm of the dead, to speak with the spirit of Tiresias, a blind prophet who will tell him how to get home.
The next morning, Odysseus rouses his men for the imminent departure. He discovers, however, that the youngest man in his crew, Elpenor, had gotten drunk the previous night, slept on the roof, and, when he heard the men shouting and marching in the morning, fell from the roof and broke his neck. Odysseus explains to his men the course that they must take, which they are displeased to learn is rather meandering.
Five positives: Learn to spell Get further in life when you have that diploma learn somethings that you will use later in life Helps you know where you want to be like job wise. Shows you responsibility by you having to go to school and do good to graduate
Five Negatives: You don't just need a high school diploma to have a great paying job. Not everything you learn can help you out in the real world No more craft shops To much going on with kids today in and out of schools making it harder for them to finish. You miss out on actives in school because of trying to finish with high school.
Mary Dyer-was hanged for speaking up and not following Puritan rules. Anne Hutchinson-spoke against the approved message of the church and was banished from the Massachusetts Colony. Roger Williams-A Puritan Minister banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs and tolerance of other religions and Native Americans. Started the colony of Providence that became the capital of Rhode Island.
Answer: Vera's prank really consists of telling lies. She tells Mr. Nuttel a very far fetched story about how her aunt’s husband and her two brothers were killed three years before in a bog. Mr. Nuttel feels sympathetic for both the young girl and her aunt.
