Character Analysis Mind Map

Odysseus was ruler of Ithaca.  He help the Greeks defeat the Trojans.  Odysseus character was describes as heroic.  He was a true leader and did whatever he had to in order to get back home."But all the gods pitied him except Poseidon; he remained relentlessly angry with  godlike  Odysseus, until his return to his own country,"  (Lines 19-21).

(wise) “Noman is my name. They call me Noman- My mother, my father, and all my friends, too,” (loyal)  ''A while ago he seemed an unpromising man to me.  Now he even resembles one of the gods who hold high heaven.  If only the man to be called my husband could be like this one, a man living here, if only this one were pleased to stay," (Courageous) "Dear friends, surely we are not unlearned in evils.  This is no greater evil now that it was when the cyclops had us cooped in his hollow cave by force and violence, but even there, by my courage and counsel and my intelligence, we escaped away. 

Odysseus is the protagonist.  Odysseus is considered a great hero because so much happened to him on his journey back to his kingdom; but he kept going.  He was also heroic because he did whatever he had to do to save his men.

Odysseus character would be considered dynamic, because throughout his journey home, he had to adapt and change.  For example, in the story Odysseus had to live away from home for twenty years.  When he was fighting the Trojans, he was one way, but once he started on his journey home, he had to live  on an island for quite sometime, so he had to adapt and change to live on that island until he could leave. 

There are several conflicts in the story that represent external and internal conflict.  One example of external conflict would be when Odysseus had to live on Calypso island for a while.  Another would be when Odysseus had to figure out a way to defeat the cyclops.  An example of internal conflict would be when Odysseus misses his family and when he looses some of his men, because he has to deal with that while trying to finish his journey and make it back home.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God... Job 1:1-5.Job was a man of God.  He went through so many trials and he stay faithful to God.

(Faithful) "Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped." (Job 1:5)(Blameless)There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God... Job 1:1-5.Job was a man of God.  (Loyal) Then his (Job) wife said to him, 'Do you still hold fast to your integrity?  Curse God and die!' But he said to her, 'You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?'  In all of this Job did not sin with his lips." (Job 2:9-10).

Job is the protagonist. He was a true hero because he was a loyal and honest man. Job was a very righteous man who truly served God. Throughout the story, Job was faced and tested with so many obstacles. His trials were unbelievable, but he kept his faith in God.

Job character was static.  He stayed the same throughout the entire story.  throughout all of his obstacles he stayed faithful to the lord and he kept his peace.-The LORD has given and the LORD has taken.  May the LORD’s name be blessed,” (Job 1:21)-"Life and kindness you gave me, and Your precepts my spirit kept." (Job 10:12)

Job struggles with both.  The external conflict was caused by the adversary because he was causing all of these terrible things to happen in Job life.   The internal struggle in the story was Job having to keep his faith and remain faithful to the lord through all of his trials he was going through even when his wife and friends and wife were telling him to do other things.