Too Long; Didn't Read
When Homer spoke the story of <em>The Odyssey, </em>he was doing more than laying down a story that would fundamentally shape the culture of the West.<em> </em>Within <em>The Odyssey</em> was its own contained logic, its own denizens, its own laws. In short, its own reality. Any narrative we create has its own reality to it, whether we purposely set out to make it or not, and because we are human, it is generally simpler than the one we inhabit.