For our first project we created a collage of a character from the Odyssey and compared them to a real person. Our college was to show Penelope and how she struggled living by herself with suitors and raising her son by herself. In the Odyssey, Oddyseus was forced to leave home and go to war. WHile he was gone for 10 year Penelope was left home alone and had to raise her child alone. Her home was also invaded by 100 suitors who wanted to marry her. This shows that Penelope doesn’t have a say in what happens with her life. Also, since she is a woman the men think that they could walk over her and that she doesn’t have a say in what happens. So, like modern women in America now they don’t always have a say or thats what the men think and could walk over them. Like Penlope, modern single moms can get taken advantage of or have their loved one leave them. Like Penlope woman husband can also leave to go to war if they are in the army. Also, women can always be under judged by men if they are alone by themselves like how Penlope was alone to raise her son and she was surrounded by suitors afterwards he wanted to marry her.