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A review by jdintr
The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan by Bryan Doerries
4.0
Doerries has written widely, trying to connect classic literature to the experience of returning soldiers.
In The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan he uses the graphic novel format to get his message through to a new audience. I think this is a really clever book, and it is definitely one that I look forward to sharing with students as well as fellow teachers who teach The Odyssey.
The book uses the frame of an American sergeant addressing the men in his platoon as they prepare to return home from deployment in Afghanistan. He goes through the saga of Odysseus's return (Books 9 & 10), while breaking into the narrative to make connections between Odysseus's experiences and those of returning servicemen (the Lotus Eaters, Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, to name a few).
A really good read--and a good resource for teachers of Homer's Odyssey.
In The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan he uses the graphic novel format to get his message through to a new audience. I think this is a really clever book, and it is definitely one that I look forward to sharing with students as well as fellow teachers who teach The Odyssey.
The book uses the frame of an American sergeant addressing the men in his platoon as they prepare to return home from deployment in Afghanistan. He goes through the saga of Odysseus's return (Books 9 & 10), while breaking into the narrative to make connections between Odysseus's experiences and those of returning servicemen (the Lotus Eaters, Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, to name a few).
A really good read--and a good resource for teachers of Homer's Odyssey.