Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Hercules's Journey, So Far

In the book 'Hercules', Hercules is an impossibly strong man who is the son of Zues; the king of gods. Hercules is strong, square bodied, and from the city of Thebes. Hercules, instead of being with the gods, was sent to live with the mortals. Hercules's teachers are Chiron, his sports teacher who is a senator (half man, half horse), Linus, his music teacher, and Rhadamanthus, his wisdom teacher. One day Hercules broke his promise with Chiron, Which was never to drink. Hercules went mad and killed many people. The gods made Hercules be a slave for King Eurytheus, the king of Argos. And so forth, he made Hercules spend his working hours, wrestling with lions, killing mutiple headed snakes, capturing a golden deer, and slaying a deadly boar that killed thousands. He also kills his wife and kids, Chiron, and Linus which were all by mistake of over drinking oversized amounts of wine. Hercules does not have a real goal but to follow the orders of The King.