What or Who Frightens You Most?

Here's an idea for free writing....... Odysseus meets up with the Cyclops in today's reading. (By the way, you'll notice that many of the other monsters in this story are female.) Think of the villains and monsters you know from literature and history. Who are the most frightening to you? Who are the most powerful and why? (It may not escape your attention that today is 9/11.)

I think in today's reading it becomes clear that although Odysseus's strength is wisdom, he's also fairly weak when it comes to pride. I enjoy reading this story because of the lessons that still apply today, even though the story is pretty wild. It's interesting to see what the ancient Greeks valued.

As to the monsters I have feared the most, I have to say that the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz was truly my worst childhood villainess. Interestingly, both The Odyssey and The Wizard of Oz have been compared as epic journeys, both main characters searching for themselves and for home. Think about it; there really are a lot of similarities.