He is clearly different from the last time the Cyclops ate some of his men. Odysseus has become more brave from this experience with the Cyclops and shows it at the end, after the crew had escaped the Cyclops, “‘Zeus and the gods have paid you!’ The blind thing in his doubled fury broke a hilltop in his hands and heaved it after us. Ahead of our prow it struck and sank whelmed in a spuming geyser, a giant black wave that washed the ship stern foremost back to shore” (13). The Cyclops made a very good effort to destroy Odysseus’ crew and probably scared most of them. Odysseus’ crew might not have been so lucky if the Cyclops threw another rock, but Odysseus yells back at him later, “‘If I could take your life I would take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! The good of earthquake would not heal you there!’” (14). Even after the Cyclops hurled a massive hilltop, Odysseus wasn’t even anxious and yelled back at the Cyclops, crushed, and had given up that Odysseus would gladly kill the Cyclops. Odysseus developed from the beginning of the story to the end by becoming more brave against the
He is clearly different from the last time the Cyclops ate some of his men. Odysseus has become more brave from this experience with the Cyclops and shows it at the end, after the crew had escaped the Cyclops, “‘Zeus and the gods have paid you!’ The blind thing in his doubled fury broke a hilltop in his hands and heaved it after us. Ahead of our prow it struck and sank whelmed in a spuming geyser, a giant black wave that washed the ship stern foremost back to shore” (13). The Cyclops made a very good effort to destroy Odysseus’ crew and probably scared most of them. Odysseus’ crew might not have been so lucky if the Cyclops threw another rock, but Odysseus yells back at him later, “‘If I could take your life I would take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! The good of earthquake would not heal you there!’” (14). Even after the Cyclops hurled a massive hilltop, Odysseus wasn’t even anxious and yelled back at the Cyclops, crushed, and had given up that Odysseus would gladly kill the Cyclops. Odysseus developed from the beginning of the story to the end by becoming more brave against the