O’ BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

(It’s not the destination but the journey)

There is a proverb saying like this “to know a person, go and travel with him/her”. We can see and know someone’s attitude if we go travel with him/her. Besides that, a journey in a certain travel also will open some one eyes and mind to be more matured and independent.
For instance in this movie, we can see there are many obstacles that Everett, Pete and Delmar have to go through along their journey as the escaped convicts. The obstacles actually make each of them more cooperate, help each other and know better between each of them. It is true that sometimes we don’t reach the destination that we’ve planned but through the journey that we go through, perhaps we will reach other destination which is far better that we’ve planned. We can see the blind man predicts the outcome of the trio’s adventure at the beginning of the story said these lines, which we think it is the most important lines in this story:

You seek a great fortune, you threewho are now in chains...And you will find a fortune - thoughit will not be the fortune you seek... ...But first, first you must travela long and difficult road - a roadfraught with peril, uh-huh, andpregnant with adventure. You shallsee things wonderful to tell. Youshall see a cow on the roof of acottonhouse, uh-huh, and oh, so manystartlements......I cannot say how long this roadshall be. But fear not the obstaclesin your path, for Fate has vouchsafedyour reward. And though the roadmay wind, and yea, your hearts growweary, still shall ye foller theway, even unto your salvation.

Actually, we can relate this journey with our life. Every one in this world has his/her own dreams and hope. Unfortunately, it is not easy to make sure these dreams come true. We have to work very hard and sometimes have to put some extra effort in order to reach our goals. This means, every one will face many kinds of obstacles along their journey of life. Not only obstacles, we also will meet many kinds of people, which some of them can help us to reach the goals, while some of them will only be the hindrance in our life. Every people around us are carrying his or her own role. So we have to be cautious all the time so that we won’t choose the wrong person to be at our side. All these bitter sweet in our life can be the eye opener for ourselves to make us be more rationale and have more mature ways of thinking. This doesn’t means that the destination that we’ve set up is not important. We should keep in mind that the destination is a fate that has been set up by God. Sometimes, the reality won’t be exactly like what we dream of, but the journey or the pursuit we pursue can make us face a new and perhaps the best destination in our life.
In conclusion, we can say that we were really enjoyed while watching this movie and it gives us a new inspiration and idea in order to improve our life.

We also hope that we will reach our best destination soon!

THE ODYSSEY VS. O' BROTHER WHERE ARE THOU?

There are not so many differences in this trivia with the the odyssey. The obvious difference that we can see is the main characters. In The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus is going back to his palace after he have finished in a war and has not see his wife for many years. But in this movie, the main character is an escaped convicts. But both of the story is showing a story about someone who is going home, and at the same time they have to face many obstacles. Other than that is Penny's character. Penny character is parallel with Penelope's character in The Odyssey. Both of them have same characteristic, for instance their husband leave them for a long time and many men want to get close with them. But there is still differences between Penny and Penelope's character. For instance, Penny in the film does not wait for her husband, in fact she has decided to get marry with Vernon T. Waldrip, the campaign manager. But Penelope is very loyal and faithful, waiting for her husband. The other characters in The Odyssey also have some parallel with the characters in the film. For instance, Big Dan Teague (which with an eye patch) is similar with The Cyclops. The Sirens which lure Odysseus in The Odyssey also exist in the film. They do the same thing in the film where The Sirens sing and hypnotize Everett Delmar and Pete. There are also other differences in terms of the plot of the story. For instance, the black man on the rail road (who was riding a handcar) is parallel with Nestor.

We can obviously see there are many parallel in The Odyssey and O' Brother, Where Art Thou?. The director, Joel Coen is so creative in order to create the parallel between the great and valuable Homer's Odyssey and his film which makes this comedy film is so enjoyable and interesting to watch.

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