《奧德賽》Odyssey
Mark C. Literature is a powerful agent for progress. By reading the stories of how innovative goals help characters in books, people can transfer that to their lives Creativity as a way to set and achieve goals is prevalent in The Odyssey. Odysseus, the protagonist of the epic poem, has as his paramount goal to get home, but he has mammoth obstacles. Never losing sight of his goal, Odysseus uses his creative mind to get himself out of dangerous situations. Cleverly, he escapes Scylla, the six headed monster, Charbdis, a dangerous whirlpool, and the deadly irresistible Sirens. Probably Odysseus makes the most progress towards his goal by cunningly escaping the Cyclopes, Polyphemus. Trapped in the giant's cave. Odysseus gets Polyphemus drunk and tells him that his name is "Nobody." When Odysseus stabs the Cyclopes in the eye and the other Cyclopes comes to help, Polyphemus shouts, "Nobody is killing me." Thinking he is not in danger the other Cyclopes go away. Odysseus then escapes by clinging to a sheep''s belly as it walks out of the cave. With Odysseus' never-ending determination to reach his goal, he survives and returns home.

點評：這是一段對奧德賽偶遇獨眼巨人的細膩而流暢的描述，這一句寫得極好；“Odysseus then escapes by clinging to a sheep's belly as it walks out of the cave.” 如果說到細節描述，這篇文章寫得非常好。Mark 還提到了 Scylla 這個六頭怪和 Charbdis, 用來增加文章的深度。這是一段非常棒的敘事段落。