chapter 9, GREEK MYTH, applying it to

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Taken from the lenghthy poem, Ulysses. Those words have strong meaning, and are strong because they are enforced and credited by greek myths, greek myths, well all myths are my favorite to read about, they are so old but seem so applicable to everyday life. Foster explians how and why they are applicable and he shows, by design, many generations writings have beared similiar expressions as great mythical writers like Homer. Greek myths are specifically cited to appeal to all readers, the bible is a great source but can be a turn off to atheists, and Shakespeare a great man and even better playwright but boring and a little hard to understand, so the Greek Myths are called to action, with stories like the Trojan Horse, a story about immoral love, the battles that ensue, and a crafty stab at the heart of Troy, this story teaches about love and wit. Or the Story of the father and son that make wings to escape rfom jail, and the boy is warned not to fly to close to the sun or the glue will melt, but either through ignorance or awe of the sun and the ability of flying the young boy flys to close and plummets to the sea, that story as many themes to it, the biggest one for me came when after he escaped from what seemed like eternal imprisonment, but then through a dumb mistake his young life was yet again going in the wrong direction, and this time with no turn-around. I enjoy reading about greek myths and this chapter has given me new insight on how, why, and where to apply this subculture to my readings and writings.