LITERATURE CIRCLES

Character Captain
Name: Kendric Tee
Text: The Odyssey
Date: September 1, 2010
Books: 16-19

Character Captain: The Odyssey involves a whole cast of great warriors and
fantastic creatures. Your task is to get to know and understand the characters in the
text. Describe their personalities--how they act, how they feel, what they think. Share
the observations you have about them to your group. Select adjectives that describe
one or more of the characters in your novel, and support your selection with examples
taken from your reading assignment.

Write down the name of the character/s and the adjectives that describe them. Identify
the specific incidents in the text that support your claims.

Character Adjective/s Specific Example of Behavior/Action in the Text

(indicate Book #)
Odysseus Loving, selfless He endured a very long journey, full of trials and
cunning, tribulations, all for the sake of coming back to his
calculating son and family. (16)

He concocted an elaborate scheme to defeat the

suitors, laying out every single detail. (16)
Telemachos analytical By analyzing the situation, Telemachos knew that
the odds were not in their favor, as the suitors
outnumber them by a huge margin. (16)
Eumaios Caring, He cared for Telemachos in the absence of
nurturing Odysseus, and is considered by Telemachos to be
the father figure. (16)
Athena Supportive She pledges her support to Odysseus in defeating
the suitors. (16)

Suitors Self-righteous One of them said that it was not fair that the gods
brought no misfortune upon Telemachos. (16).

Penelope Pessimistic She was worried Telemachos would never come

Disciplinarian home from his journey. (17)
Curious She scolds her son about the treatment of the “old
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beggar”, and also her maidservant for the same
reason. (17-18)
She never hesitates to ask the “stranger”
questions about Odysseus. (18)

Common Character Traits

adventurous awesome artistic athletic active

beautiful brave bold bossy cheerful
curious creative courageous considerate daring
impulsive dainty dangerous exciting entertaining
energetic funny happy friendly fun-loving
gentle generous independent humble hostile
honest intelligent mischievous inventive neat
lazy messy nosy mean poor
nasty nice quiet open respectful
proud pretty sloppy rich successful
shy sad smart serious selfish
simple short trustworthy studious unselfish
warm tall wild thoughtful silly
melancholy witty aimless loud prudent
iconoclastic mellow belligerent loyal visionary