The Wandering Rocks
chapter 9
Summary
In this chapter, Ulysses and his men sailed away from the land of the dead. They were moving so smoothly Ulysses thought that they were just going to scoot past all of the danger that the dead people were talking about. All of a sudden they started to hear noises, Ulysses climbed the mast and saw tiny black things floating. But then they started too grow larger. Ulysses found that these were giant rocks coming straight for the ship, when the ship turned so did the rocks. The rocks forced the ship to go towards a dangerous part of the water which they were trying to avoid but it was the only chance they had to maybe surviving.
Questions to Discuss
1. Do you think that the rocks were sent to purposely hit Ulysses ship? If so who do you think that they were sent by?
2. Do you think that Ulysses was over confident sailing away from the Land of the Dead since they were going so smoothly?
3. What do you predict will happen when they are forced to sail to the dangerous part of the water?
4. Did Ulysses learn any lessons in this chapter?
Text Detective
Personification pg 82: "their hearts danced with joy"
Simile pg 84: jagged boulders bobbing on the waves like corks"
Simile pg 85: "they herd this vessel as a stray sheep is herded by a shepherd's dog"
Important Quotes:
"If I cannot flee, then I must dare."(pg.85)
This quote shows Ulysses' courage and bravery to get home back to Ithaca.
"They sailed out of the darkness into light, and their hearts danced with joy to see blue water and blue sky again."(pg.82)
This quotes shows how Ulysses and his crew can begin to have hope again in getting home. After several days being lost in the darkness, i can assume that they were feeling very doubtful about ever getting out of the darkness or even getting home.
In this chapter, Ulysses and his men sailed away from the land of the dead. They were moving so smoothly Ulysses thought that they were just going to scoot past all of the danger that the dead people were talking about. All of a sudden they started to hear noises, Ulysses climbed the mast and saw tiny black things floating. But then they started too grow larger. Ulysses found that these were giant rocks coming straight for the ship, when the ship turned so did the rocks. The rocks forced the ship to go towards a dangerous part of the water which they were trying to avoid but it was the only chance they had to maybe surviving.
Questions to Discuss
1. Do you think that the rocks were sent to purposely hit Ulysses ship? If so who do you think that they were sent by?
2. Do you think that Ulysses was over confident sailing away from the Land of the Dead since they were going so smoothly?
3. What do you predict will happen when they are forced to sail to the dangerous part of the water?
4. Did Ulysses learn any lessons in this chapter?
Text Detective
Personification pg 82: "their hearts danced with joy"
Simile pg 84: jagged boulders bobbing on the waves like corks"
Simile pg 85: "they herd this vessel as a stray sheep is herded by a shepherd's dog"
Important Quotes:
"If I cannot flee, then I must dare."(pg.85)
This quote shows Ulysses' courage and bravery to get home back to Ithaca.
"They sailed out of the darkness into light, and their hearts danced with joy to see blue water and blue sky again."(pg.82)
This quotes shows how Ulysses and his crew can begin to have hope again in getting home. After several days being lost in the darkness, i can assume that they were feeling very doubtful about ever getting out of the darkness or even getting home.
Research
Wandering Rocks, roving rocks, or Planctae are a group of rocks that between the sea was mercilessly violent. The only ship to get through the wandering rocks was Jason's ship Argo with help from Hera, Thetis, and nereids.
Wandering Rocks, roving rocks, or Planctae are a group of rocks that between the sea was mercilessly violent. The only ship to get through the wandering rocks was Jason's ship Argo with help from Hera, Thetis, and nereids.