Blog #22- Cody Tam- Period 1- 4/23/2020

Cody Tam                                                                                                                     

Freshmen Period 1

4/23/20

Aim: How does the episode of "The Land of the Dead" further our understanding of Odysseus

as the epic hero?

Today’s lesson was that of Greek culture and mythology relating to death. The lesson

describes that after death, the soul travels to the underworld. There the soul would be judged

and go to either Elysium, to enjoy a comfortable setting or Tartarus, where they would be

punished for what they did while they were alive. I learned that the Greeks had their own

burial system and how they showed respect for the dead. An example is the Greeks needed

to do their specific burial rituals or the dead would not reach the underworld, and it would be

trapped in between the underworld and the living. I learned of this lesson because it is necessary to complete the Odyssey and relates to the overall story of the Odyssey. I will use

this lesson to relate to the Odyssey more and use it to understand the events presented

in the story.

Regarding the lesson and reading, I thought it was extremely interesting that the

Greeks had a whole process to send their dead to the underworld safely. The process was

extremely important because if it was not conducted, the dead will be stuck between

the living and the underworld. Working from home has been an interesting experience.

It has definitely been a change from our previous lifestyle, working from a computer,

instead of going to school. Teachers assign through online classes and either have

videos that help students learn or do calls with the students. The change has been new

but a welcome one, it lifts stress off students shoulders and has a more appropriate

work time. Updates from the world have not been the best. Evidence shows that the count

may be multiple times higher than the government says and there's evidence the virus

started spreading during January. Officials say no mass gatherings may happen until

2021, many events in the coming months have been canceled. Shows have been canceled,

and the economy is starting to fall because of the coronavirus. The bright side is that

humanity usually gets over all of these factors with time and proper precautions, there are

graphs that show the rate of hospitalization is slowing and countries like Vietnam are doing

very well in their preparation and execution of the virus.