The Odyssey Is The Story Of Someone

Man's Usual Routine Is To Work And To Dream And Work And Dream.

We Have Gotten Away From This Double Aspect Of Either Putting The Character Back Into Historical Events Or Of Making A Historical Event Of His Very Life.

True Stories Deal With Hunger, Imaginary Ones With Love.

One Can Easily Classify All Works Of Fiction Either As Descendants Of The Iliad Or Of The Odyssey.

The Odyssey Is The Story Of Americans Up To The Point Where They Are Well-established, And Even So It Is Detached From The Historical Side.