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How did Ulysses look and act like?
Ulysses is a hero from the Trojan War who spent nearly 10 years returning to his home in Ithaca. He fought on the Greek side and he was also the king of Ithaca. He was married to a beautiful woman named Penelope and had a son who is told to be just like Ulysses himself. I assume that based on his story, or journey, Ulysses would look really stuff like ordinary generals and act like one. According to chapter 3 in The Adventures of Ulysses, Morpheus, the god of dream, mentions that even though Ulysses had done a lot of bad things (killing in the war), he also was a hero. Since he was a very competent general, I guess he both had power and knowledge. He might have had huge potato muscles to fight with the huge swords against the Trojan soldiers. Ulysses might have some scars of honor on parts of his body, which shows that he was a worrier that had fought and won for a majority of times. The front cover of the Ulysses book shows that Ulysses had a beard that is brown and bushy. We can also see that he had quite a bit of wrinkles on his face. I think those are from all the hard times he went through. Although Ulysses was a very good general, I think he was also a very good father and husband too. At a war, Ulysses would have been very strict about everything since anything during a war can lead to death. However, I think he was very nice and graceful at home in Ithaca. Even though Ulysses was away from home for more than 10 years, he never had crushes on other women even though I'm sure there were people who were prettier than Penelope. He also had a dog that really liked him at Ithaca. I think Ulysses would have killed or let the dog go if he didn't like animals or was very disturbed with things that need his care. But since he left the dog alive and kept him as an accompany, I guess he was a nice person who respects living creatures. Also, most of the people might give up on themselves if they can't get home for more than 10 years, Ulysses never gave up and at the end, he finally reached his homeland and lived a happy life.

Why did Ulysses' men betray him and open the bag of winds from Aeolus? What happened to those men?
Ulysses' men had betrayed Ulysses and opened the bag of winds from Aeolus because they that the bag of winds was full of treasures instead of dangerous winds that would keep them from getting home. If you read chapter 1 closely, you will remember that Ulysses and his men were forced to dump all their treasures into the sea to continue on sailing. This might be a reason why Ulysses' men were so eager to get some precious treasures. Chapter 5 also mentioned that Ulysses had stayed up 9 days and 9 nights before the bag was opened. In those 9 days and night, Ulysses had never let anyone touch or even come close to the leather bag. Maybe the crew felt jealous about only Ulysses staying close to the bag which might have been filled with twinkling jewelries. After the bag was opened, the men had finally realized that they had done something that would give serious impacts on their journey back home. They apologized to Ulysses and headed back towards Aeolus' island again. However, Aeolus never gave another bag filled with ferocious winds and Ulysses' ship had to turn its head back toward the enormous ocean.

What would it be like to live on Cannibal Beach? What problems would it create to have a quicker cycle of day and night. How do you think this kept Ulysses from discovering what the trees were?
I think you would have to live with peril on the Cannibal Beach because of several reasons. One of the reasons is that there are huge giants that feed on human flesh on the Cannibal Beach. You can get eaten by the giants any time they are hungry. Another reason that living on the Cannibal Beach is dangerous is that it has a quicker cycle of day and night. If the day and night change quicker than where we live now, we would have to make a new calendar and clocks to keep track of time. Also, since the day and night change so quickly, it might be dangerous to take a walk around the beach. You might bump into things and even climb up a giant's leg like Ulysses did. Ulysses was kept from discovering the true identity of the trees because of the darkness of the beach coming and going so fast; we wasn't able to see well enough to notice that the tree was actually a giant's leg. Therefore, I think it is very dangerous to live on the Cannibal Beach.

Journal Entry #4
==In Chap. 9,The Wandering Rocks, Ulysses has to decide what to do for himself. All of the advice he had been given turns out to be useless. What does he decide to do? Have you ever been in a situation that required you to make an important decision on your own? How did you decide what to do?==

When his advices all turn out to be useless, Ulysses turns his boat towards the north, where the Island of Sun-Titan is. I have been in a similar situation where I had to make a decision on myself and all of the advices turned out to be useless. Once I was trying to print my homework at home. When I tried to print it, the only thing the printer was printing was papers with weird languages that I can't understand. I tried all sorts of things to get it printed, but the printer never printed anything from my mac. I thought that I would get in trouble if I don't print my homework just because my printer didn't work. So I went to school earlier the next day and asked the IT office to get my ID card set for printing and printed my homework just before the school started.

Journal Entry #5
==Ulysses has gone through much physical and mental hardship. Through all of this he has been determined to return to Itacha. What people and/or places in your life would you be willing to ﬁght as hard as Ulysses to get to/see. Explain your answer ==

Sometimes I mom is really mad about my grades. In those situations, my mom researches about academies that she can send me to improve my grade. But I really don't want to go to academies because I get stressed out if I go to academies. Then I step up to my mom and make a bargain with her. I promise I will score A or above on the next grade I receive and if I do, my mom will not send me to an academy. Then I would study really hard and more than usual to reach my goal and not go to academies.

Crispin Question
-**Father Quinel reveals three things in chapter 8. What are they? What does he promise** **to reveal later?** Father Quinel revealed that Asta's son was named Crispin when he was baptized. He also told that Crispin's mother was able to read and write and she wrote of the lead cross. Father Quinel also told Crispin that Lord Furnival came back from the war, however he is so sick that people think he will going to die soon. Father Quinel promised that he is going to tell Crispin informations about his father.

Journal Entry # 6 (literary analysis(terms))
Use your literature book to look up the following literary terms.

1. **character** : One of the person/animal that takes part of a drama or a novel (literature) 2. **conﬂict** : Opposing action/thoughts between two or more characters; two opposing forces -**internal** : Conflicts that occur mentally, or emotionally. Ex. dilemma, confusion -**external** : Conflicts that occur physically, or with motion. Ex. fighting, war 3. **foreshadowing** : To indicate an event(s) in the future clues for things that are going to happen 4. **mood** : The basic feeling of the story; feeling created while reading 5. **protagonist** : The main(leading) character or an actor in a literature or real event 6. **antagonist** : One that intends to oppose the protagonist(s) 7. **setting** : Time, place, and circumstances which something occurs 8. **symbol** : An object or an act that represents someone or something 9. **theme** : A subject or a topic of the story (literature); a central message expressed in a story

**Crispin Chapter 10-literary analysis**
1. **character** : Crispin, Cerdic, Father Quinel, and the four men 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Crispin"Should I trust Cerdic and do what he tells me?" **External**: Crispin vs. the four men 3. **foreshadowing**: Crispin was brought into a trap./ Father Quinel's disappearance. 4. **mood** : Betrayed by a trusted one (Cerdic). Shock 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : Cerdic, the four men. 7. **setting** : Father Quinel's church, across the river, and near the manor 8. **symbol** : Swords-people trying to catch Crispin 9. **theme** : dark, betrayal

Crispin Chapter 11-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, John Aycliffe and his men, Father Quinel 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Crispin fighting his emotions when Father Quinel died. **External**: The four men chasing Crispin 3. **foreshadowing**: Crispin found Father Quinel dead. 4. **mood** : sad; scared; tragic; shocking; fast-pace 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : John Aycliffe and his men; 7. **setting** : the mill and the river and the forest 8. **symbol** : Black-bad things (death of Father Quinel) water: purity 9. **theme** : There are times where you need to be strong and independent

Crispin Chapter 12-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: none **External**: Crispin vs Hunger (will he die of hunger) 3. **foreshadowing**: Crispin lost the pocket of food Peregrine gave him 4. **mood** : dark; gloomy 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : no antagonists 7. **setting** : forest outside of his village 8. **symbol** : cross-peace, memories of mother and Father Quinel, protection 9. **theme** : Nothing else matters if you don't have the basic matters to live

Journal Entry # 7
When Crispin fled from the four men safely, he soon came across a dead body lying on the grass. Surprisingly, the dead person was Father Quinel and Crispin was very shocked and he thought that the God had finally abandoned him. Crispin made a short prayer for Father Quinel and himself, then ran away.
 * -Crispin encounters two dead men shortly after fleeing the village. How does each affect him?**

**Crispin Chapter 13-literary analysis**
1. **character** : Crispin, steward, bailiff, stranger 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Should Crispin just die and go to heaven like Father Quinel and his mom? **External**: Crispin vs Hunger 3. **foreshadowing**: The steward, bailiff, and the stranger were searching for Crispin in the woods 4. **mood** : cautious 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : steward, bailiff, and the stranger 7. **setting** : forest outside of his village 8. **symbol** : lead cross- Crispin's mom, peace 9. **theme** : Do not give up your life no matter what.

**Crispin Chapter 14-literary analysis**
1. **character** : Crispin, dead man 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Crispin what should I do? **External**: Crispin vs Fear 3. **foreshadowing**: someone was executed with a note on his body 4. **mood** : dark; depressing 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : no antagonists 7. **setting** : gallows with a dead man swinging on it 8. **symbol** : gallows- death 9. **theme** : There are times where you have to be strong minded.

**Crispin Chapter 15-literary analysis**
1. **character** : Crispin, someone who was singing a song 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Should Crispin fallow the singing voice? **External**: Crispin vs Fear (destroyed village) 3. **foreshadowing**: Crispin heard a singing voice in a destroyed hamlet 4. **mood** : dark; silent; death 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : no antagonists 7. **setting** : small hamlet in a dell 8. **symbol** : skeleton-death destroyed village-death, destruction, war, fighting 9. **theme** : There may be hope even in middle of depressions.

Crispin Chapter 16-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, the man who was singing 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Should Crispin be telling informations about himself? **External**: Crispin vs man 3. **foreshadowing**: The man was asking a lot of things to Crispin 4. **mood** : dark; silent; death 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : the man 7. **setting** : the abandoned church 8. **symbol** : bread-hope of life, trap; bait 9. **theme** : You shouldn't believe everyone you come across

**Crispin Chapter 17-literary analysis**
1. **character** : Crispin, the man who was singing 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Should Crispin be telling informations about himself? **External**: Crispin vs man 3. **foreshadowing**: The man was asking a lot of things to Crispin 4. **mood** : thrilling; threatening 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : the man 7. **setting** : the abandoned church 8. **symbol** : the act of holding Crspin firmly-threatening; harm 9. **theme** : There can be life-threatening situations where you have to fallow what the person tells you to do to live.

Crispin Chapter 18-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, the man who was singing 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Should Crispin be telling informations about himself? **External**: Crispin vs man 3. **foreshadowing**: The man was asking a lot of things to Crispin 4. **mood** : forcing; pathetic 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : the man 7. **setting** : the abandoned church 8. **symbol** : sacred name of Jesus-unbreakable 9. **theme** : Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do.

**Crispin Chapter 21-literary analysis**
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Should Crispin trust what Bear is telling him? **External**: Crispin vs Bear 3. **foreshadowing**: Bear used to be a priest and he is able to read. 4. **mood** : nice, chatting; forcing; resolved 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : Bear 7. **setting** : a grove of trees, Middle ages 8. **symbol** : the recorder-Bear's pasts, Bear's music-related past 9. **theme** : Some people might have different pasts then what you think they were.

**Crispin Chapter 22-literary analysis**
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict** : **Internal**: Should Crispin also trust Bear? **External**: Bear tied Crispin onto the tree. 3. **foreshadowing**: Bear was asking a lot of things to Crispin 4. **mood** : nice, thinking back, remembering things 5. **protagonist** : Crispin 6: **antagonist** : Bear 7. **setting** : a secluded spot some paces off the road, Middle ages 8. **symbol** : meat-wealth, nourishment for surviving fire-doubt between Crispin and Bear 9. **theme** : You will gain trust when you open your heart to others.

Crispin Chapter 23-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict**: **Internal**: How should Crispin tell Bear who he was and what had happened? **External**: none 3. **foreshadowing**: Bear might know some things about Crispin's parents 4. **mood** : relieved, sad, gloomy 5. **protagonist** : Crispin, Bear 6: **antagonist** : none 7. **setting** : a secluded area some paces off the road, Middle Ages 8. **symbol** : forest-secure place, shelter 9. **theme** : Sometimes getting counseled by others will make you feel relieved. Life is give and take.

Crispin Chapter 24-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict**: **Internal**: Should Crispin still trust Bear when he turned out not to be a Christian? **External**: none 3. **foreshadowing**: Crispin and Bear might have a conflict related to Christianity later on. 4. **mood** : shocking, surprising. enlightenment 5. **protagonist** : Crispin, Bear 6: **antagonist** : none 7. **setting** : a secluded area some paces off the road, Middle Ages 8. **symbol** : cross in your heart (according to Bear)-hope, self confidence lead cross-guider of life 9. **theme** : Some people might not agree with something that you think is definitely right.

Crispin Chapter 25-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict**: **Internal**: Crispin thinks 'Why is Bear changing his words about the church?' **External**: Crispin vs. Bear 3. **foreshadowing**: Bear might help Crispin start fresh and live a free life 4. **mood** : hope, possibility 5. **protagonist** : Crispin, Bear 6: **antagonist** : none 7. **setting** : a little stream, Middle Ages 8. **symbol** : Crispin washing his face and getting a hair cut-refreshment, new start 9. **theme** : There is always a chance to restart.

Crispin Chapter 26-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict**: **Internal**: Why should Crispin learn music? **External**: none 3. **foreshadowing**: Crispin and Bear might have a conflict related to Christianity later on. 4. **mood** : amazing, hope, confidence 5. **protagonist** : Crispin, Bear 6: **antagonist** : none 7. **setting** : Middle Ages, England 8. **symbol** : The song Crispin played-sign of possibility 9. **theme** : Nothing is impossible.

Crispin Chapter 27-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict**: **Internal**: What should they (Crispin and Bear) do to pass John Aycliffe and his men safely? **External**: none 3. **foreshadowing**: John Aycliffe and his men might capture Crispin and Bear 4. **mood** : shocking, scary, surprising 5. **protagonist** : Crispin, Bear 6: **antagonist** : John Aycliffe and his men 7. **setting** : the dirt road that meandered among low hills/ at the base of a hill, Middle Ages 8. **symbol** : the movement of the birds-approaching danger 9. **theme** : Check before you do anything.

Crispin Chapter 28-literary analysis
1. **character** : Crispin, Bear 2. **conflict**: **Internal**: Is the writing on the cross state something that Bear is reluctant to tell? **External**: Crispin&Bear vs. nature (rain) 3. **foreshadowing**: The writing on the cross might say something about Crispin's past 4. **mood** : tiring, exhausted, 5. **protagonist** : Crispin, Bear 6: **antagonist** : rain 7. **setting** : some outlying woods, Middle Ages 8. **symbol** : the writings on the cross-secrets that are to be revealed 9. **theme** : There can be things that you don't know about your past.

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