Quickwrite: Odyssey_ the movie and the book

The movie of the Odyssey was a bit different from the written epic poem by Homer. Take the part where the Cyclops first came out. the overall plot is about the same: Odysseus and his crew came on to an island, they went into the cave for shelter. Giant Cyclops came along with his sheep, saw the people and threatens to eat them. Odysseus used his intelligence to fool the monster, saying that he’ll be killing off all the magic and secrets of the world in him, just to buy them some time. Then, the Cyclops ate some of the people in his crew. Finally. He offered him some wine and let him fall asleep. During his nap, they sharpened a tree trunk and stuck it into the Cyclops’ one eye, blinding him completely. Then the Cyclops pushes the big stone that blocks the entrance away and the remaining crew of people went along with the sheep out into freedom. Odysseus ranted at the Cyclops as he got away. Then the Cyclops tattletale on him to his father, Poseidon, and also put a curse on him that ruined some of his lifetime. However, there are some changes in the movie. The movie went on very fast. In one day, Odysseus and his crew rescued themselves from the Cyclops, but in the book, it was over a 3 days time span. In the book, the monster ate a pair of men every meal, but in the story he only ate one or two a few times with no stable frequency. Also, the crew tied themselves on to the sheep as they went out the cave, so that the monster couldn’t tell if that’s a sheep or a human being. However, in the movie, they only ran out the cave with the sheep, but not tied on to them.

Quickwrite: Heroes

A hero is someone that devotes their lifetime to make great achievements to the society, or even the whole world. They may have different purpose, but they accomplished thing that can improve humans’ way of life. No matter if it’s an idea or an event, people can use or learn from, it is still great achievements to the world.I think Bill Gates can also be considered as a hero, because he devoted his time to the company full of workers and dedicated staffs. He made great achievements and inventions for the world. He made the world a better place by introducing a soft ware that helps improve humans’ way of life. He donated the money he made on his achievements to people that need money. Then, even after he retired, he continued making achievements to this world. I also think that MARVEL super heroes are heroic, because, well, they are heroes, and they also had different ways they sacrificed themselves for a greater cause. For example, Iron Man, when he was in the Avengers (a 2012 Marvel film), he flew all the way into the deadly portal with the atomic bomb just to save the people in New York from the bomb and the aliens. He was prepared to die for them, though he did not die, of course. So it was a happy ending and I'm sorry if I just spoiled the ending for a lot of the people that haven't watched the Avengers yet. :]
  

Quickwrite: The North Korea Government

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, a lot of things aren't the way they look. Some of just misleading, but many of them are just plain liars. The North Korea government may not seem like liars to us, but they are definitely brainwashing their people. If all of the North Koreans don't believe in their government, it's perfectly easy for them to start a revolution. However, it's impossible, because everyone in the country loves, or at least fears the government. There's no way one would simply stand up against the government. When a person wants to start a revolution, it's impossible to let this idea spread, because everyone is likely to betray you and inform the government of your rebellious plans. Also, the North Korean have been brainwashed by the idea that there is nothing to envy of the other country. They were taught to believe that North Korea was the most advanced and the wealthiest place on the Earth. For example, the United States have been providing food and medical aids to North Korea, many people saw the boxes that contains the food say that they're from the States. So many people asked themselves how come it's the States, their mortal enemy, providing them food. So Kim Jong-il came to tell us why this is happening. Those aids were actually taken away or captured by North Korea army from the United States. Then, their aids now became another tool for their deceiving propaganda.