Monday, April 22, 2019
Counseling and the use of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey?"
After listening to the Psychiatrist Counsels Vets With Odyssey Audio, what are you thinking about the The Iliad And The Odyssey?
Please specify your thoughts using a dynamic topic sentence and
supporting evidence. After listening to the audio clip, please respond
during class. Blog response due by 3:31p.m. on Thur., May 2nd.
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They are connecting the odyssey and the Iliad to the modern world, and giving examples of how it is being used. They talked about how people feel the pain from people, without even hearing what they want to talk about. I feel that the wars hurt people so much, that it affects their mental state. The soldiers have the same mindset as people in their times, which will put them in the same place as them. It hurts them and it affects how they live their life.
This podcast made me think about the mass casualties of the Trojan War. This war lasted 10 whole years, and this podcast was mainly focusing on the post-battle trauma that's been associated with war for all of the time. The podcast focuses on the underlying themes of war, so trauma, death, and survival. These soldiers who have recently fought our wars are dealing with the same things the army from Ancient Greece. It also speaks about a civilian soldier relationship, which connects to the theme of a gracious host.
It was interesting to see how Greek Mythology made its way into someones life and made large impact. The connection this vet made to a story with his own life was used to help other heal. It talks about how he made it so that units would now stick together and create bonds instead of being split apart. It also talks about how people back then and their struggles with war and loss and veterans nowadays experience something similar.
I think this example reinforces the timelessness of mythology. Soldiers hundreds of years apart are able to connect with each other through the language of experience. When a soldier is mentally wounded by the war, they can only understand in the context of war until they heal. Not only do the Iliad and Odyssey speak within the experience of war, they speak in terms of inherent psychological tendencies that all humans can understand. That in itself is very powerful.
The heroes in the Odyssey, after war, react the same as veterans do today. They both still share the same emotions and PTSD. It shows how modern day still connects to the greek soldiers who fought in war and still weren't able to cope with themselves.
After listening to the audio I think that the Iliad and the Odyssey is even more important than before because of how it can be used for people that go through very hard things in todays' society and today's war. It allows people specifically soldiers to feel like they are apart of some kind of history and it helps with their psychological problems. I think that the Iliad and the Odyssey is important because of its modern day application and how it is able to relate people from back then to people now and how they go through the same things and the same hardships.
the Iliad and the odyssey can connect with people to say that re just getting out of war and how they had to struggle through the ten years and then how the odesus gets home through trouble he has at home and with the civilians. he helps the old Vietnam veterans through what they had experienced in the war
The psychiatrist that counseled these soldiers used the Odyssey to tell them that other warriors and other people, have experienced what they have gone through. While also telling of stories of the great heroes like Odysseus and Achilles, these stories connected with the soldiers on a very deep level and helped them get through the problems they were experiencing from the wars they fought in.
After listening to the audio, I think the Illiad and the Odyssey were filled with tramua and it shows a way to come closer to the charcters. The characters have sorrow and grief from others dying, and when we read that we are supposed to understand or empatize with how they are feeling. It is a human-like way to hear how the characters feel and are feeling, but it is especially important to feel this in the present tense.
I noticed that the audio was connecting the odyssey to the modern world. Connecting to things like the pain people feel. It was interesting to me to see how greek mythology connected to someones life.
After hearing this it just kind of reinforced the thought that Greek mythology is timeless and applicable to any day and age. For example, Jonathan used stories to relate to Vietnam and Iraq veterans. I think a lot of this comes from the common feeling of hurt and loss.
After watching the videos about the Illiad and Odyssey I have come to the conclusion that the texts can connect to the modern world greatly. Lots of movies and T.V shows take lessons or tales from the books to use as plot devices, this is directly looping together Greek Myth and our modern day life.
The heroes in the Odyssey react the same as veterans do today. They both still have the same emotion and act the same. i think shows that the modern day still connects to the greek soldiers who fought in war and still weren't able to cope with themselves.
They connect the Odyssey to the modern world and veterans. Greek Mythology themes and topics relate a lot to modern day, and remain that way. You can always be able to connect events to Greek Mythology.
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