a. Discussion Guidelines:
Your post will be two (2) well-developed paragraphs. (7-10 sentences)
Your classmate replies must be at least one (1) well-developed paragraph. (7-10 sentences)
Edit/revise for grammar, usage, and mechanics; 3rd person POV required
Direct quotes and parenthetical documentation required
b. Discussion Prompt Choices (choose one):
Does any character in O Brother fall under the Heroic Archetype? If any, who? Why or why not?
Discuss the film as a parody of Homer’s The Odyssey. Is it valuable for modern readers to compare the two pieces? Why or why not?
Homer. The Odyssey. Stanley Lombardo, translator. The Norton Anthology of World Literature: Shorter Third Edition Vol. 1, edited by Puchner, Martin, et al., W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2013, pp. 178-466.
