Thursday, September 5, 2019

Week 3: Story - Patrick passing in between Scylla and Charybdis

After passing the Sirens, complex Patrick realized that there were more terrors ahead.
"Barnacles! Circe was right!" barked Patrick.
He turned back and looked at his horrified men, who were wetting their pants from fear of the unknown.

"Uhhh! Boss! There's a giant tornado inside the water!" said one of the men.
"It's Charybdis!" cried another man.

Patrick, realizing that his men knew nothing of the terrors ahead, chose to give his men confidence.

"Men! We have been through horrors far worse than what lies ahead. Day in and day out we have fought and conquered! Remember Polyphemus? We defeated him! Remember Circe? We defeated her! Do not forget the strength we have! Now stay close to the oars and row!" yelled the cunning Patrick.

"Barnacles! Elpenor truly went out easy" cried one of the men.

As the crew steered away from the whirlpool monster, the cunning starfish sighs the biggest sigh of relief. Forgetting Circe's warnings, Patrick arms himself with sharp spears to prepare for spooky Scylla with creepy snakeheads.

Suddenly, Patrick hears a loud yelp similar to a small animal crying.

"Help!" yelled a man as he is smashed against a rock.

Brains and guts shoot out of the man's head like a toddler dropping a watermelon from a counter.
The juices lightly sprinkle Patrick's face.

Horrified, Patrick yells to his other men when suddenly six more were picked up by the tentacle heads of Scylla. Weapons drop everywhere.

"Help! Patrick!" cried one of his men.

With all his strength, Patrick throws his spear at Scylla and completely misses. The spear instead bounces off a boulder and falls on a man knocking the man unconscious. 

"Please help us!" cried the ones that were still conscious.

In vain Patrick throws spears and swords and shields and large pieces of wood at Scylla and misses. Each time, everything thrown bounces or completely misses the intended target and hits his men instead. Meanwhile Scylla, like a joyful baby encountering water for the first time, smashes the men against the rocks and water. Human juices and remains of men that were once alive scatter the boat as a man is slowly dragged into a cave.

Bibliography:
Tony Kline The Odyssey http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/odyssey-sirens-scylla-and-charybdis.html

Author's Notes:
This a story from The Odyssey regarding the death of Odysseus's men against the sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis. The story focuses on how Scylla kills all of Odysseus's men and how Odysseus forgets the warning from Circe to not arm himself against Scylla. I thought it was very sad how Odysseus could not do anything at all and how every one of his guys cried out for help when Scylla grabbed them. It was also a particularly gory scene.

Scylla and Charybdis
scylla and charybdis

4 comments:

  1. Hi Albert!
    I really enjoyed reading your story based off of the Odyssey. I am unfamiliar with many of the stories from The Odyssey, and so it's been cool to read people's own stories based off it the books I have never read, and then go back and read the author's note as well as sometimes the original story. I love seeing how creative everyone gets and how everyone thinks of completely different ideas from everyone else! My favorite part of your story was all of the detail, although it was pretty gory!

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  2. Hi there, Albert!
    It was interesting to read your take on this section of the Odyssey! I have to be honest with you, though, I never watched SpongeBob growing up (I've seen a couple of episodes, or parts of them anyway), so I guess the inclusion of Patrick the starfish was kind of lost on me. That said, I could see where this could be a cute/funny read for people who did grow up with it! :)

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  3. Hi Albert! After reading your introduction, I think it is so fun how you included Patrick into your rendition of the Odyssey. I also enjoyed how the men said barnacles, sticking withe SpongeBob theme. I have read a part of the Odyssey before, and I can say that I never thought to include Patrick Star into the story. Overall, a great story!

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  4. Hello Albert! Wow, this is a really creative story. I think that you did a great job of taking a story that is not known for its humor, and placing it within the funny world of Patrick Star. It was also an effective way to make the somewhat morbid story less difficult to read. I would also be interested to hear a little bit more about the character’s adventure leading up to where your story begins. Well done!

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