LITERATURE CIRCLES

Character Captain
Name: Kenneth Nacion________________________________
Text: The Odyssey ________________________________
Date: August 15, 2010________________________________
Books: 9-12________________________________

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 Boastful Book 9- He revealed his identity to Polyphemos
after tricking him to brag about what he had just
achieved, and this allowed Polyphemos to curse
Sly him.
Book 9- He was able to trick Polyphemos into being
drunk and the Cyclopes neighbors by saying that
Distracted his name was “Nobody.”
Book 10- He spends a year living in luxury with
Circe, forgetting about the voyage home
Phaiakians Curious Book 11- When Odysseus wanted to cut his story
short, they wanted him to continue because they
wanted to know of his adventures.
Polyphemos Deceiving Book 9- He accommodated Odysseus and his men
first before turning hostile against them.
Odysseus’ Greedy Book 10- They wanted a part of the supposed

crew fortune that Aeolus gave to Odysseus, only to

discover that it was just a bag of wind and it took
Distracted them farther from their home.
Book 9- They forgot about going home when they
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were kept on eating lotus.
Book 10- They also lived in luxury with Odysseus
Careless/Greedy and Circe for a year.
Book 12- They slaughtered the cattle of the Sun
when they ran out of provisions without even
listening to Odysseus.
Circe Seductive Book 10- Odysseus became her lover even after
she had turned some of his men into pigs.

Antiphates Monstrous Book 10- They ate some of Odysseus’s men and

and the sank most of Odysseus’s fleet.

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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