#3

#3

“Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns 
driven time and again off course, once he had plundered
 the hallowed heights of Troy. 
Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, 
many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea, 
fighting to save his life and bring his comrades home. But he could not save them from disaster, hard as he strove—
the recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all, 
the blind fools, they devoured the cattle of the Sun
 and the Sun god blotted out the day of their return.”

The story starts out by saying what happens in the end. It says that the man (Odysseus) was driven off course after he left Troy. Homer says that Odysseus tried to save himself and his crew, but he couldn’t because they were arrogant and ate the cows of the sun. This shows the setting because it says they are on the open sea. This also shows the mood because it is sad and upsetting that Odysseus lost all of his men.