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Whether they come to us as poems, like The Odyssey, or through plays, novels, or film, stories serve many purposes. In "The Story of Storytelling," Ferris Jabr writes of how, in particular, ancient myths functioned. "Not only are ancient myths and folktales almost universally concerned with danger and death," Jabr writes," but they are also "blatantly didactic (emphasis mine). If we remove their layers of symbolism and subtext-which have been interpreted and reinterpreted for millennia-and focus on their narrative skeletons, we find that they are studded with practical and moral insights (emphasis mine)." According to Jabr, three of these didactic lessons, what can be considered "practical and moral insights," are that "people are not always what they seem; the mind is as much a weapon as the body; sometimes humility is the best path to victory."  

Question: In a four- to five-page essay, how does The Odyssey impart one of the three insights listed above? Use examples from across the poem. In other words, do not just pull from one or two books in an isolated part of the poem. You should be supporting your thesis about these insights with evidence from at least half of the poem. Get online assignment help-AI & plagiarism-free-now!

In your concluding paragraph, draw connections between the insight you have selected from The Odyssey and insights gained from Sinners and/or O Brother, Where Art Thou? Consider how the insight found in an ancient myth like The Odyssey can compare with modern stories such as these two films. This concluding paragraph is an opportunity to think boldly, try out your ideas, and present them as a way to wrap up the paper.