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Odysseus In Apollo 13

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In the Odyssey by Homer and the movie, Apollo 13, Odysseus and James (Jim) Lovell face difficulties that they need to overcome and have many accomplishments they need to celebrate. Odysseus and Jim face challenges they overcome. One of Odysseus’s great challenges is escaping trouble. He finds ways to always escape them but finds it hard sometimes so he must be creative. One example would be at the Cyclops's cave he knows he can not move the big stone door so he escapes with his men when the Cyclops opens the door to let the rams out after poking out the Cyclops’s eye. An obstacle Jim faces is his oxygen tank blew up on his spaceship named the Odyssey. This makes Lovell say his famous line, “Houston we have a problem” (Apollo 13). He knows

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