Storybook Plan

A resource that I think might be helpful is:
the myth of return by Douglas Frame and The Odyssey translations by Tony Kline and Robert Fagles.

Next, the stories that I'll use for my story project are

Calypso's Island
Circe's Island
Achille's in the underworld
Odysseus on Ithaka.

For my story, I'm putting Patrick in place of Odysseus. I may or may not change some of the villains.
I want to explore the theme of nostos and the idea of longing in the stories.

Topic Research: Longing in the Odyssey

I'm interested in the theme of nostos in the story of the Odyssey. Odysseus's longing to come home to Ithaca is very touching and relatable, and I want to explore what that means to long in the Odyssey. The translation I read previously is by Robert Fagles, but I'll reference both Fagles and Kline for my project. Also, there is a poem I read by C.P. Cavafy called "Ithaka" that represents the idea of the "journey" really well and I might use that in the intro.
For the project, I will focus on different scenes that portray this longing:

1. Calypso's island
2. Circe
3. Achilles in the underworld?
4. Odysseus on Ithaka.

sources:
1. Robert Fagles The Odyssey
2. Tony Kline The Odyssey 

http://freebookapalooza.blogspot.com/2016/07/kline-homers-odyssey.html

https://socialecologies.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/the-odyssey-robert-fitzgeralds-voyage-to-ithaca/
Ithaka

Topic Brainstorm

The four ideas that I have are The Odyssey, Beowulf, Tricksters, and Dante's Inferno

Beowulf:

For Beowulf, I want to incorporate Patrick Star into the story by breaking the story of Beowulf up into 3 parts - Patrick, Patrick's Mom, and Albert. I'd retell the story of Beowulf with the twist of instead of Beowulf winning the fights, Patrick would win all the fights. The idea would be what would happen if Patrick gets his mother involved and maybe even Albert? The background I have on Beowulf is the translation I read from Seamus Heaney. 

http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2017/07/project-ideas-beowulf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf

The Odyssey:
The story of Nostos told through the eyes of Patrick in the world of Toy Story trying to find his way back home to his owner, Albert. It would that Albert went to war years ago and what was supposed to be a 10-year war I eventually got married and left Patrick behind and got preoccupied with other aspects of my life. Patrick on the other hand, crying in a box of golden corral crane machine toys prays every day that God will bring him back home to Albert. By some miracle, a crane one day picks him up but because he is so ugly, the kid who wins him throws him away into the wastebasket and through a series of adventures with inanimate objects, Patrick ends up home only to find Albert's house LITTERED. with SUITORS.
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2017/07/project-idea-odyssey.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus

Tricksters:
The story of Patrick being a trickster in every story, but Patrick actually is not playing dumb. He's just so dumb and the dialogue is a comical narrative of what happens when bad guys have to interact with Patrick. All the bad guys end up going back into their cages or whatever and never come out ever again.
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2017/07/project-idea-tricksters.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster

Dante's Inferno:

Patrick goes to hell and finds nobody there. In a desperate attempt to get out of hell, he goes deeper into the inferno and realizes that he has every single one of these sins and actually belongs there. Having realized that he committed all the sins himself, Patrick becomes calmer and calmer as he goes through all the punishments, the demons become annoyed and try to send him back up the ladder to get him out of hell or else they would be stuck with him. The problem? Patrick DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE. DUN DUN DUN!
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2017/07/project-idea-dante.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)

Patrick in the inferno
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